A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and Confidence
Virtualized reality games offer highly interactive and engaging user experience and therefore game-based approaches (GBVR) may have significant potential to enhance clinical rehabilitation practice as traditional therapeutic exercises are often repetitive and boring, reducing patient compliance. The...
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| description | Virtualized reality games offer highly interactive and engaging user experience and therefore game-based approaches (GBVR) may have significant potential to enhance clinical rehabilitation practice as traditional therapeutic exercises are often repetitive and boring, reducing patient compliance. The aim of this study was to investigate if a rehabilitation training programme using GBVR could simultaneously improve both motor skill (MS) and confidence (CON), as they are both important determinants of daily living and physical and social functioning. The study was performed using a nondominant hand motor deficit model in nonambidextrous healthy young adults, whereby dominant and nondominant arms acted as control and intervention conditions, respectively. GBVR training was performed using a commercially available tennis-based game. CON and MS were assessed by having each subject perform a comparable real-world motor task (RWMT) before and after training. Baseline CON and MS for performing the RWMT were significantly lower for the nondominant hand and improved after GBVR training, whereas there were no changes in the dominant (control) arm. These results demonstrate that by using a GBVR approach to address a MS deficit in a real-world task, improvements in both MS and CON can be facilitated and such approaches may help increase patient compliance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-29af1e0e270e42c69985dd4d5a8fd6802025-02-03T07:23:50ZengWileyAdvances in Human-Computer Interaction1687-58931687-59072012-01-01201210.1155/2012/213143213143A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and ConfidenceAlasdair G. Thin0School of Life Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UKVirtualized reality games offer highly interactive and engaging user experience and therefore game-based approaches (GBVR) may have significant potential to enhance clinical rehabilitation practice as traditional therapeutic exercises are often repetitive and boring, reducing patient compliance. The aim of this study was to investigate if a rehabilitation training programme using GBVR could simultaneously improve both motor skill (MS) and confidence (CON), as they are both important determinants of daily living and physical and social functioning. The study was performed using a nondominant hand motor deficit model in nonambidextrous healthy young adults, whereby dominant and nondominant arms acted as control and intervention conditions, respectively. GBVR training was performed using a commercially available tennis-based game. CON and MS were assessed by having each subject perform a comparable real-world motor task (RWMT) before and after training. Baseline CON and MS for performing the RWMT were significantly lower for the nondominant hand and improved after GBVR training, whereas there were no changes in the dominant (control) arm. These results demonstrate that by using a GBVR approach to address a MS deficit in a real-world task, improvements in both MS and CON can be facilitated and such approaches may help increase patient compliance.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/213143 |
| spellingShingle | Alasdair G. Thin A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and Confidence Advances in Human-Computer Interaction |
| title | A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and Confidence |
| title_full | A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and Confidence |
| title_fullStr | A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and Confidence |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and Confidence |
| title_short | A Game-Based Virtualized Reality Approach for Simultaneous Rehabilitation of Motor Skill and Confidence |
| title_sort | game based virtualized reality approach for simultaneous rehabilitation of motor skill and confidence |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/213143 |
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