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Play for Health: Videogame Platform for Motor and Cognitive Telerehabilitation of Patients

Authors:
Francisco Tous
Pedro Ferriol
Alicia Domingo
Alberto de Rodrigo
Miguel Ángel Alcalde
Miguel Ángel Rújula
Olga Romero
María Ángeles Farreny
María del Carmen Buen
Begoña Llano
Elena Ponce
Petra Vidal

Keywords: Telerehabilitation; videogame; user interaction

Abstract:
This paper presents Play for Health platform for the rehabilitation of patients suffering from various diseases developed by iBit Foundation and Son Llàtzer Hospital. The platform is basically formed by a management module intended for clinical therapies of telerehabilitation and an unlimited number of games that can be combined with different methods of interaction. Users interact with the computer in different ways according to their needs. These games provide an incentive for patients and promote the realization of the exercises planned by the medical staff in a fun, easy and intuitive way. Furthermore, this system is applicable to other fields such as education and social care.

Pages: 59 to 63

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: February 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-119-9

Location: Gosier, Guadeloupe, France

Dates: from February 23, 2011 to February 28, 2011