Motivating, game-based stroke rehabilitation: a brief report.
Stroke-induced hemiparesis is a debilitating impairment that compromises ability to perform many activities of daily living (ADLs). Many new therapies for hemiparesis, although intriguing, require exceptional patient motivation and/or may be difficult to implement in some clinical situations. This brief report revisits a motivating, game-based rehabilitation modality reported nearly three decades ago that has heretofore been ignored. Pilot data, examining the feasibility and efficacy of the device, are presented.
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010291:Paresis / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018910:Video Games