Wiitherapy on seniors &amp;#x2014; Effects on physical and metal domains

Portela, Filipe R.; Correia, Rui; Fonseca, João; Andrade, Joana M.

doi:10.1109/segah.2011.6165441

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“…Of the 29 studies that used a RCT or pre-posttest design, 21 studies included an exercise control intervention (9,13,32,33,38,43,44,47,49,53,55,57,60,64,65,67,69,72,73,80,81). The methodological quality of these 21 studies according to the PEDro classification scale is presented in Table 6.…”

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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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“…As with the game technology used, there was a wide variety in exercise games. For the 35 studies using Nintendo Wii, two studies used only the Wii Sports bowling game (34,55), while the remaining 33 studies used two or more games during the intervention. Furthermore, 11 of the Nintendo Wii studies used games that targeted balance only (11, 35, 37, 42-44, 47, 57, 58, 73, 82), while 16 used a combination of games that targeted different physical functions in addition to balance, such as strength, endurance, and mobility (10,13,32,40,45,49,52,56,60,69,70,74,77,80,81,86).…”

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“…reported (32,44,55,60,67,72,80), and five studies had no observed differences between the exergaming and active control groups (9,13,49,57,73 Finally, patient-reported outcome measures indicated less fear of falling in one study only (38), and improved scores on the Activity-specific Balance Confidence scale in another (33). The study by Duque et al (38) was the only one reporting on fall incidence, which was significantly lower in the exergaming group than in the exercise control group nine months after initial assessments.…”

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

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

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“…In essence, they developed a prototype for a new generation of gametherapies; their system represents a step forward with respect to traditional therapies as it allows for low-cost, ubiquitous exercises with the support of both instantaneous digital feedback from the application and continuous monitoring/interaction with a remote doctor. [Portela et al 2011] reported the usefulness of Nintendo Wii for improving the life and the helth of elder people. The study of [Martins et al 2011] intends to investigate the evolution of patients with intellectual disabilities using a serious game capable of monitoring their evolution, concerning memory, decision-making time, capacity of observation, learning and applying knowledge.…”

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Component-based approach for prototyping of movie-based physical therapy games

Okada

Ogata

Matsuguma

2012

Proceedings of the Workshop at SIGGRAPH Asia

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This paper treats a component-based approach for the prototyping of movie-based physical therapy games. The research group of the authors has already proposed a component-based 3D software development system called IntelligentBox. One of the application fields of IntelligentBox is the development of 3D games. In this paper, the authors want to validate the availability of IntelligentBox for the prototype development of movie-based physical therapy games that require simple body actions such as dances. Although physical therapy games needs various types of inputs for human body actions, IntelligentBox has already supported a videobased motion input, a motion capture system input, a data-glove input and so on. Also, physical therapy games need much tuning according to each of rehabilitants because their physical disability levels are different. Therefore, therapists have to frequently change many parameters such as a body action speed, difficulty levels of body actions, etc. For this point, the component-based approach is significant. To validate this, the authors introduce one of the simple dance games as physical therapy games actually being developed using IntelligentBox.

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Impact of Exergames on the Mental Health of Older Adults: A Systematic Review and GRADE Evidence Synthesis

Fernandes

Magalhães

Lima

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Games for Health Journal

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Exergames, which combine digital games and physical exercise, have become a popular alternative to traditional exercise programs and are increasingly used in the health domains. This study aimed to provide a systematic review to synthesize existing studies on the use of exergames for the mental wellbeing of healthy older adults, aggregating the collected data to identify effect size. We performed a Systematic Review and Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Assessment (GRADE) evidence synthesis. We performed the search in the following databases: MEDLINE Ò , CINAHL Ò , SPORTDiscus, SCOPUS, SciELO, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and Cochrane Ò Central Register of Controlled Trials from the first record until October 2021. Randomized controlled trials using exergames as an intervention were included. A total of 10 articles published between 2009 and 2021 were selected. Most studies used the Nintendo Wii Ò as the exergame in the intervention program. Interventions ranged from 6 to 12 weeks, with 8-week programs being most frequent. It was possible to observe a positive effect on mood, the reduction of apathy, anxiety and depression, self-esteem, and affection.

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Wiitherapy on seniors — Effects on physical and metal domains

Cited by 13 publications

References 20 publications

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

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

Component-based approach for prototyping of movie-based physical therapy games

Impact of Exergames on the Mental Health of Older Adults: A Systematic Review and GRADE Evidence Synthesis

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