The Effects of the Nintendo Wii Fit on Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Perceived Balance Deficits: A Pilot Study

Bainbridge, Emily; Bevans, Sarah; Keeley, Brynne; Oriel, Kathryn N.

doi:10.3109/02703181.2011.569053

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“…13,48 We propose a series of recommendations to further enhance the work in this area and in regard to the recruitment and reporting of participants q85 years of age: Integrating and executing a mixed-methods approach to data collection may be advantageous to gain an in-depth understanding of the role technology can play within the lives of oldest old from multiple perspectives. Using videorecording to analyze observations, interviews, focus groups, and specific game data may produce greater knowledge.…”

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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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“…The majority used sample sizes less than 50 (78.3 percent; n = 36), [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][42][43][44][45][46] three of which were case studies with a sample size of one. 18,19,41 In contrast, 6.5 percent of studies used a sample population greater than 100 (n = 3).…”

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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

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Freeman

Bishop

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Games for Health Journal

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“…The primary aim of the reviewed studies was to evaluate the potential effect of gaming/VR exercise on balance, either alone (9,12,(32)(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45)(46), in combination with other physical abilities such as strength or mobility (11,13,(47)(48)(49)(50)(51), or in combination with falls or fear of falling, cognition, quality of life, or user experience (52)(53)(54)(55)(56)(57)(58)(59)(60)(61)(62). Seven studies investigated the effect of gaming/VR exercise on gait parameters (63)(64)(65)(66)(67)(68)(69), and six studies examined the effectiveness with regard to different physical functions and associated fall risk (10,(70)(71)(72)…”

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Exercise and rehabilitation delivered through exergames in older adults: An integrative review of technologies, safety and efficacy

Skjæret

Nawaz

Morat

et al. 2016

International Journal of Medical Informatics

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Background: There has been a rapid increase in research on the use of virtual reality (VR) and gaming technology as a complementary tool in exercise and rehabilitation in the elderly population. Although a few recent studies have evaluated their efficacy, there is currently no in-depth description and discussion of different game technologies, physical functions targeted, and safety issues related to older adults playing exergames. Objectives: This integrative review provides an overview of the technologies and games used, progression, safety measurements and associated adverse events, adherence to exergaming, outcome measures used, and their effect on physical function. Methods: We undertook systematic searches of SCOPUS and PubMed databases. Key search terms included "game", "exercise", and "aged", and were adapted to each database. To be included, studies had to involve older adults aged 65 years or above, have a pre-post training or intervention design, include ICT-implemented games with weight-bearing exercises, and have outcome measures that included physical activity variables and/or clinical tests of physical function. Results: Sixty studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The studies had a broad range of aims and intervention designs and mostly focused on community-dwelling healthy older adults. The majority of the studies used commercially available gaming technologies that targeted a number of different physical functions. Most studies reported that they had used some form of safety measure during intervention. None of the studies reported serious adverse events. However, only 21 studies (35%) reported on whether adverse events occurred. Twenty-four studies reported on adherence, but only seven studies (12%) compared adherence to exergaming with other forms of exercise. Clinical measures of balance were the most frequently used outcome measures. PEDro scores indicated that most studies had several methodological problems, with only 4 studies fulfilling 6 or more criteria out of 10. Several studies found positive effects of exergaming on balance and gait, while none reported negative effects. 2 function in older adults, with few reported adverse events. As there is large variability between studies in terms of intervention protocols and outcome measures, as well as several methodological limitations, recommendations for both practice and further research are provided in order to successfully establish exergames as an exercise and rehabilitation tool for older adults.

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“…Videogames have already been proven to improve cognitive abilities, displaying a feasible alternative to more traditional aerobic exercise for middle-aged and older adults, and can be used to train stepping ability in older adults to reduce the risk of falls [6]. The use of Wii Sports and Wii Fit has been reported in an increasing number of studies involving people with motor deficits resulting from other causes such as balance and mobility in people with some diseases [7,8].…”

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Motion-Sensing Based Management System for Smart Context-Awareness Rehabilitation Healthcare

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Lin²,

Chen³

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AIT

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In this paper, a motion-sensing based management system for smart context-awareness rehabilitation healthcare including various balance exercise is built by the integration of the physiological sensing and feedback coaching. The home-end system can not only provide the exercise coaching instruction, the balance stability analysis, and the motion similarity analysis in real-time, but also simultaneously transmit the user image, exercise skeleton streaming, center of pressure (COP), center of gravity (COG) and physiological information to the telecare-end center. According to the combination of the home-end and the telecare-end as well as the real-time care management of one-to-multiple personal balance exercise monitor, this system can provide user various personalized balance exercise prescription and cardiac rehabilitation coaching in an effectiveness rehabilitation exercise environment. Therefore, via this tele-system, the spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) patients in balance rehabilitation stage not only can be monitored execution status of the rehabilitation exercise prescription, but also can be long-term monitored and evaluated the predicted goal of the rehabilitation exercise balance stability in order to improve patient's compliance.

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The Effects of the Nintendo Wii Fit on Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Perceived Balance Deficits: A Pilot Study

Cited by 63 publications

References 19 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

Exercise and rehabilitation delivered through exergames in older adults: An integrative review of technologies, safety and efficacy

Motion-Sensing Based Management System for Smart Context-Awareness Rehabilitation Healthcare

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