I know this has been proven for a while so lets just get some games out there.
No sense if this is for acute or chronic but I bet this is for the relatively easy acute stage.
http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/45020
Stroke experts at Newcastle University
in partnership with new company Limbs Alive have designed the first in a
series of video games designed to aid the recoveries of stroke victims.
Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0vT5Xc3rW2U
The
Circus Challenge games, which can be played at home, are designed to
enable the patient to regain motor control of their weak arm and hand
after stroke.
Using wireless controllers gamers are faced with
challenges such as lion taming, juggling, plate spinning, high diving
and flying the trapeze.
Normally, such physical recovery is a
costly and lengthy process, but this new game allows patients to work
from home on an absorbing exercise programme.
Janet Eyre,
professor of paediatric neuroscience at Newcastle University, said:
"With our video game, people get engrossed in the competition and action
of the circus characters and forget that the purpose of the game is
therapy."
Using a £1.5 million grant from the Health Innovation
Challenge Fund, the team at Newcastle wants to develop the software so
that patients can be remotely monitored by a therapist.
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