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Designing Ụbụrụ: The Alpha Stage: Executive Function Rehabilitation Application for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Authors:
Akuadasuo Ezenyilimba
Jennifer Wethe
Nancy J. Cooke
Troy McDaniel

Keywords: mild traumatic brain injury; executive function; serious games; computerized cognitive rehabilitation

Abstract:
Ụbụrụ is an executive function computerized rehabilitation application specifically designed for mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) individuals. Ụbụrụ utilizes serious games to train cognitive flexibility, planning, and organization. This paper explores the rationale and components behind the alpha stage of the application’s development, and its first design iteration. Currently, individuals with a history of mTBI have limited rehabilitation options as a result of lack of knowledge in terms of available services, access, time, or financial and insurance constraints. Due to the invisible nature of mTBIs, perception of injury severity is diminished, individuals are not properly equipped with how to proceed forward with rehabilitation, and awareness of injury can be inadvertently compromised. The intention behind the Ụbụrụ application is to be a computerized cognitive rehabilitation alternative and additive when limitations such as time, finances, or insurance exist.

Pages: 73 to 77

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022

Publication date: June 26, 2022

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-982-9

Location: Porto, Portugal

Dates: from June 26, 2022 to June 30, 2022