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Games for Rehabilitation (125) Digital Health Reviews (1724) Augmented Reality (incl. Google Glass) Applications (121) Emerging Technologies for Rehabilitation (348) Games and Gamification for Health (777) Innovations in Exercise Rehabilitation (284) Serious Games for Health and Medicine (802) mHealth for Rehabilitation (352) Technology in Physiotherapy (190) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (761)

Published on in Vol 9, No 4 (2021): Oct-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/30985, first published .
Augmented Reality in Physical Therapy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Augmented Reality in Physical Therapy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Augmented Reality in Physical Therapy: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Authors of this article:

Maria Jesus Vinolo Gil1, 2, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Gloria Gonzalez-Medina1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   David Lucena-Anton1 Author Orcid Image ;   Veronica Perez-Cabezas1 Author Orcid Image ;   María Del Carmen Ruiz-Molinero1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Rocío Martín-Valero4 Author Orcid Image
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