Abstract-Commercial activity-promoting gaming systems provide a potentially attractive means to facilitate exercise and rehabilitation. The Nintendo Wii, Sony EyeToy, Dance Dance Revolution, and Xbox Kinect are examples of gaming systems that use the movement of the player to control gameplay. Activity-promoting gaming systems can be used as a tool to increase activity levels in otherwise sedentary gamers and also be an effective tool to aid rehabilitation in clinical settings. Therefore, the aim of this current work is to review the growing area of activity-promoting gaming in the context of exercise, injury, and rehabilitation.
Several possible mechanisms could explain the protective role of PA against disability. For instance, PA promotes healthy behaviors through self-motivation and better-functioning social networks, which in turn contribute to maintaining good health and avoiding disability. Alternatively, PA could affect health through physiological changes; with people expressing PA being better able to cope with stressful situations and therefore maintaining less-damaging neuroendocrine and immunological patterns. 10 The positive spectrum of human emotion should be explored in clinical settings to better understand its protective effect on health-related outcomes. This information would help clinicians in determining whether preservation of PA could play a role in the prevention or management of disability in elderly adults.Adjusted for age, sex, educational level, cognitive impairment, number of chronic diseases, pain, history of amputation, visual impairment, and negative affect.
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