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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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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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