Nintendo Wii Balance Board is sensitive to effects of visual tasks on standing sway in healthy elderly adults

Koslucher, Frank; Wade, Michael G.; Nelson, Brent G.; Lim, Kelvin O.; Chen, Fu Chen; Stoffregen, Thomas A.

doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.05.027

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“…The majority of studies did not integrate the oldest old as a meaningful proportion of the sample, despite the increasing [10][11][12]14,17,[21][22][23][24][25][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]42,[44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54] To clarify sample proportions and enable our analysis, two authors contacted the respective authors seeking further clarification of the actual number of participants q85 years of age when necessary. Consistent with previous reviews, 2-5 this study highlights a substantial gap in the knowledge base and encourage further exploration into digital gaming use in those 85 years of age and greater.…”

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“…Seven 10,24,25,29,46,53,54 of the 46 articles did not report the percentage of female participants included in the study, and two articles 35,51 did not have any female participants in their sample. The remaining 37 articles all reported high percentages of female participants, thus being the majority of the gender split.…”

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“…The remaining 37 articles all reported high percentages of female participants, thus being the majority of the gender split. The study setting/context varied widely across the 46 articles and was composed of retirement/independent communities 11,12,14,21,24,26,29,32,39,40,42,44,47,48,53 (n = 15), communitydwelling 13,16,19,45,46,49 (n = 6), community center 20,31,38,51,52 (n = 5), hospital/assisted living/residential/nursing home/longterm care/institutionalized 10,[15][16][17][18]25,27,28,30,33,35,37,41,43,50,54 (n = 16), not specified 23 (n = 1), or other 34,36,55 (n = 3). The majority of the studies were primarily conducted across two different living environments (hospital/assisted living/residential/nursing home/long-term care/institutionalized) or reti...…”

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A Scoping Review of Digital Gaming Research Involving Older Adults Aged 85 and Older

Marston

Freeman

Bishop

et al. 2016

Games for Health Journal

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Background: Interest in the use of digital game technologies by older adults is growing across disciplines from health and gerontology to computer science and game studies. The objective of this scoping review was to examine research evidence involving the oldest old (persons 85 years of age or greater) and digital game technology. Materials and Methods: PubMed, CINHAL, and Scopus were searched, and 46 articles were included in this review. Results: Results highlighted that 60 percent of articles were published in gerontological journals, whereas only 8.7 percent were published in computer science journals. No studies focused directly on the oldest old population. Few studies included sample sizes greater than 100 participants. Seven primary and 34 secondary themes were identified, of which Hardware Technology and Assessment were the most common. Conclusions: Existing evidence demonstrates the paucity of studies engaging older adults 85 years of age and above regarding the use of digital gaming and highlights a new understudied cohort for further research focus. Recommendations for future research include intentional recruitment and proportionate representation of participants q85 years of age, large sample sizes, and explicit mention of specific numbers of participants q85 years of age, which are necessary to advance knowledge in this area. Integrating a rigorous and robust mixedmethods approach including theoretical perspectives would lend itself to further in-depth understanding and knowledge generation in this field.

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A Scoping Review of Digital Gaming Research Involving Older Adults Aged 85 and Older

Marston

Freeman

Bishop

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Games for Health Journal

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“…Aging is closely related to postural sway, which is critical for maintaining balance, and many studies have been conducted on this topic (Woollacott & ShumwayCook, 2002). Various studies performed measurements of standing body sway, which constitutes the basis of most daily living activities, as a means to assess individual balance, as these parameters present differrences between clinical populations in a noninvasive manner (Koslucher et al, 2012).…”

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Evaluation of Standing Balance of the Elderly with Different Balance Abilities by using Kinect and Wii Balance Board

Yang¹,

Seo²,

Kim³

et al. 2016

Korean Journal of Sport Biomechanics

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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate and identify variables for the standing balance of elderly subjects with different balancing abilities by using Kinect and Wii Balance Board.Method: The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) test was performed in 40 elderly subjects aged ≥65 years who can perform daily activities. The participants were divided into two groups, the healthy seniors (n = 20, BBS score ≥ 52) and the seniors with balancing problems (n = 20, BBS score < 52). Each group performed two standing tests (eyes open and eyes close) with two devices (Kinect and Wii Balance Board). The root mean square (RMS), mean distance (MDIST), range of distance (ROD), mean velocity, and 95% ellipse area were calculated from the measured data.Results: Among the calculated variables, RMS, MDIST, and ROD in the mediolateral direction showed significant differences between the two groups and a negative correlation with BBS scores. Conclusion:The results of the present study show that simple standing balance of the elderly can be measured with Kinect and Wii Balance Board, which are low-cost, easy to carry, and easy to use, by using the selected variables.

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“…Several works have been done to validate the WBB: estimation of CP path length during standing [8,9] and force estimation [11]. In clinics, the WBB has been used to assess patients suffering from various diseases such as Parkinson's disease [12] or other conditions as for instance anterior cruciate ligaments injuries [13], and with elderly patients [14,15]. The scope of these previous studies [8,9,[12][13][14] was limited to the analysis of the CP path length during various conditions (double and single limb standing, eyes open or closed, simple or double tasks).…”

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Validation of the Balance Board™ for Clinical Evaluation of Balance Through Different Conditions

Bonnechère

Jansen

Omelina

et al. 2015

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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Abstract. The quantitative assessment of balance still needs to be performed in a laboratory equipped with force plates because there is, currently, no other validated tool available. The Wii Balance Board™ (WBB) could be used as a portable, easy-to-use and inexpensive tool to assess balance. Before being used in clinics such kind of tool must go through an important validation process. In clinics not only the total displacement of Center of Pressure (CP) is relevant but other parameters can be derived from CP. The aim of this study was to validate the use of the WBB, compared to FP, in different balance testing conditions (standing and sitting) for multiple parameters derived from CP displacement (CP velocities, area of 95 % prediction ellipse, dispersion of CP from the mean position…). Fifteen subjects participated in this study and performed a combination of single and double legs standing balance tests and a sitting balance test. Bland and Altman plots, paired-sample T-Tests and Pearson's coefficient correlations were computed. For the nine studied parameters excellent correlations were found for each different task (mean correlation = 0.97). Unlike previous work on the WBB these excellent results were obtained without using any calibration procedure. Therefore, the WBB could be used in clinics to assess balance through different conditions.

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Nintendo Wii Balance Board is sensitive to effects of visual tasks on standing sway in healthy elderly adults

Cited by 66 publications

References 25 publications

A Scoping Review of Digital Gaming Research Involving Older Adults Aged 85 and Older

A Scoping Review of Digital Gaming Research Involving Older Adults Aged 85 and Older

Evaluation of Standing Balance of the Elderly with Different Balance Abilities by using Kinect and Wii Balance Board

Validation of the Balance Board™ for Clinical Evaluation of Balance Through Different Conditions

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