Biomedical Serious Game System for Balance Rehabilitation of Hemiparetic Stroke Patients

• Published in: IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 2179 - 2188
• Main Authors: Noveletto, F., Soares, A. V., Mello, B. A., Sevegnani, C. N., Eichinger, F. L. F., Hounsell, M. Da S., Bertemes-Filho, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.11.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Aged; Algorithms; Balance; Balance rehabilitation; Center of pressure; Computer & video games; Correlation analysis; Educational software; Entertainment industry; Evaluation; Exercise Therapy - methods; Feasibility studies; Female; Games; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Inertial sensing devices; Legged locomotion; Male; Medical treatment; Middle Aged; Paresis - rehabilitation; Patients; Physical Therapy Modalities; Postural Balance; Posture; Rehabilitation; serious game; Stroke; Stroke Rehabilitation - methods; Task analysis; Training; Treatment Outcome; Video Games; Visualization

Hemiparetic stroke patients can have several muscular and postural disorders which compromise their balance. Serious games (SG) emerged as a new approach to enhance conventional treatment by making it a motivating method to meet individual needs. This paper evaluated the therapeutic effects of a bio...