Video Games Help Stroke Patients

Here is a report on a system using a 3-D interactive gaming environment with force-feedback to see if stroke victims improved kinesthetically. Although the number of subjects was small (five people), the experiment involved repeated measures over several weeks. The results noted improvements in the patients.

References

Broeren, J., Rydmark, M., Björkdahl, A., & Sunnerhagen, K. S. (2007). Assessment and training in a 3-Dimensional virtual environment with haptics: A report on 5 cases of motor rehabilitation in the chronic stage after stroke. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 21(2). 180-189.

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2 Responses to “Video Games Help Stroke Patients”

  1. Sam Horowitz Says:
    September 28, 2007 at 11:58 pm | Reply

    There is a report in 2006 from Rutgers that shows CP sufferers benefiting from playing video games as if they were rewiring their brains. Here is the link:
    http://www.caip.rutgers.edu/vrlab/press/2006_herald.pdf

  2. Cheap Games Says:
    February 4, 2008 at 6:24 pm | Reply

    This doesn’t surprise me.

    Some video games need a very intensive amount of concentration, which can only help you.

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