Title :
Low-cost motion interactive video games in home training for children with cerebral palsy: A kinematic evaluation
Author :
Sandlund, Marlene ; Grip, Helena ; Häger, Charlotte ; Domellöf, Erik ; Rönnqvist, Louise
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Sweden
Abstract :
3D motion analysis was applied to assess goal-directed arm movements in 15 children with cerebral palsy (CP) before and after four weeks of home training with low-cost motion interactive video games. The results indicated that the children improved movement precision when playing the virtual games, improved movement smoothness when reaching for real targets, and reduced the involvement of the trunk especially when reaching with the non-dominant side.
Keywords :
Accuracy; Biomechanics; Force; Games; Kinematics; Pediatrics; Training; cerebral palsy; children; kinematics; motion analysis; motor rehabilitation; reaching; video games;
Conference_Titel :
Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zurich, Switzerland
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-475-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-61284-473-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICVR.2011.5971854