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| Title: | Therapeutic exergaming |
| Author: | O'Huiginn, Brendan
Smyth, Barry
Coughlan, Garrett
Fitzgerald, Diarmaid
Caulfield, Brian |
| Date: | Jun-2009 |
| Publisher: | IEEE Computer Society |
| Is part of: | Lo, B. and Mitcheson, P. (eds.). Sixth International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2009 : Proceedings |
| Type of material: | Conference Publication |
| Abstract: | Exercise therapy is prescribed by physiotherapists and
rehabilitation practitioners as part of the treatment programme
for many movement impairment disorders. Poor adherence and
inadequate exercise technique often result in poor outcomes for
these patients and delays their return to full physical function.
Therapeutic exergaming, which is the use of computer games
and body-worn motion tracking sensors to teach therapeutic
exercise programmes to patients, may offer solutions to these
problems. In this paper we describe one such system, known as
FlyFit, which offers a sensor-driven flight game environment
that allows physiotherapists to intuitively design game levels that
will induce patients to correctly carry out their exercises
programme. A four-week pilot study to investigate the training
effect of the system compared to a conventional exercise training
approach is described. Results suggest these exergaming systems
may induce improvements in balance and strength similar to the
conventional programme along with increased levels of intrinsic
motivation but further research is warranted. |
| Conference details: | Body Sensor Networks: the next generation of healthcare (BSN 2009), June 3-5 2009, Berkeley, California |
| Web link to reference this item: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/1298 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7695-3644-6 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/BSN.2009.43 |
| Subject Heading: | Exercise therapy--Software; Computer games--Health aspects; Human locomotion--Data processing; |
| Other web versions: | Publisher's version |
| Status of Item: | Peer reviewed |
| Availability: | Full text available |
| Appears in Collections: | CSI Research Collection
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