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Far transfer effect associated with video game balance training in multiple sclerosis: from balance to cognition?

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Acknowledgments

This research was partially funded by the Italian MS Society-Fondazione Italiana Sclerosi Multipla (grant 2012/R/12).

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This study was conducted in accordance with the International Conference on Harmonization Guidelines of Good Clinical Practice and the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The study protocol was approved by the Ethical Committee of Sapienza University; each participant provided written informed consent before any study-related procedure.

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  1. Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Multiple Sclerosis Center, Sapienza University, Viale dell’Università, 30, 00185, Rome, Italy

    Luca Prosperini & Carlo Pozzilli

  2. Neuroradiology Section, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy

    Nikolaos Petsas, Emilia Sbardella & Patrizia Pantano

  3. IRCCS Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy

    Patrizia Pantano

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Prosperini, L., Petsas, N., Sbardella, E. et al. Far transfer effect associated with video game balance training in multiple sclerosis: from balance to cognition?. J Neurol 262, 774–776 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-015-7640-8

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