title: MInD: moving in the dark.
abstract: Visually-impaired people can develop several unhealthy behaviors, including the lack of physical activity or sports, due to the incomplete maturity in the control of their body in the space. This research focuses on the creation of an "exergame" - a videogame especially designed to stimulate physical exercise - that, through voice commands, allows the visually impaired users to practice physical activity and train their abilities. This tool has been developed starting from an existing dance-game, by generating some appropriate interfaces that also involve the sensory channel of sight. Our research aims to study the effects related to this exergame on the motor control mechanism in a blind children's group, aged between 8 and 13 years: it focuses also on the joint use of movement analysis systems and of videogames in order to stimulate the physical activity in these subjects.
authors.affiliation: University of Naple, Napoli, Italy. pepino@unina.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pepino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sicignano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rovani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Addio
mesh_terms: D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D003615:Dancing; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D018910:Video Games; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*