Can balance in children with cerebral palsy improve through use of an activity promoting computer game?
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to evaluate if use of an activity promoting computer game, used in the home (Nintendo Wii Fit; Nintendo Co Ltd, Japan), could influence balance related outcome measures in children with cerebral palsy. METHOD: Eighteen children with hemiplegic or diplegic cerebral palsy were recruited for the study. A randomised cross-over design was used with children tested at baseline, after five weeks of playing Wii Fit games and after five weeks without any intervention. Outcome measures of interest included: performance on the modified sensory organisation test, reactive balance test and rhythmic weight shift test. RESULTS: No significant difference was observed between testing occasions for any of the balance measures investigated (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that use of a Nintendo Wii balance board and Wii Fit software for a minimum of thirty minutes per day in the patient's own home, over a five week period, is not effective as a balance training tool in children with cerebral palsy.
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A higher dose of 12.5 hours (five 30min sessions/wk for 5wks) of unsupervised Wii Fit balance games at home did not improve standing balance (BF&S and 'activity') for ambulant children with hemiplegia or diplegia, GMFCS I-II.
“A higher dose of 12.5 hours (five 30min sessions/wk for 5wks) of unsupervised Wii Fit balance games at home did not improve standing balance (BF&S and 'activity') for ambulant children with hemiplegia or diplegia, GMFCS I -II (level II, conduct weak; see Table SIIIa). 58”
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- Authors
- Ramstrand, N., & Lygnegård, F.
- Affiliations
- Jönköping University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Ramstrand, Nerrolyn
- Venue
- Technology and Health Care
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-11-14
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 531-540
- ISSN
- 0928-7329 (ISSN-L)
- 1878-7401
- OpenAlex
- W1674292123
- Cited by
- 69
- References
- 35
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Technology and Health Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Keywords
- cerebral palsy, balance training, Wii Fit, home-based intervention, children, hemiplegia, diplegia, balance board, reactive balance, video game therapy
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Cerebral Palsy, Child, Postural Balance, Female, Humans, Male, Cross-Over Studies, Video Games
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