Abstract
In this paper the design, development and preliminary evaluation of a serious videogame for the motor rehabilitation of upper limb and cognitive stimulation of the elderly are presented. The game includes features that allow (i) performing collaborative therapy exercises between two patients, (ii) remote configuration of the session therapy, and (iii) monitoring/analyzing of the session results by the therapist. A pilot evaluation with 7 older adults and an expert therapist, suggest that the game is perceived as stimulating, useful, usable and even funny, while providing an effective way to support/monitor the patient, and to adjust the therapy programs.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsReferences
Levin, M.F.: Can virtual reality offer enriched environments for rehabilitation? Expert Rev. Neurother. 11, 153–155 (2011)
Tárraga, L., Boada, M., Modinos, G., Espinosa, A., Diego, S., Morera, A., Guitart, M., Balcells, J., López, O.L., Becker, J.T.: A randomised pilot study to assess the efficacy of an interactive, multimedia tool of cognitive stimulation in Alzheimer’s disease. J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry. 77, 1116–1121 (2006)
Gamberini, L., Alcaniz, M., Barresi, G., Fabregat, M., Ibanez, F., Prontu, L.: Cognition, technology and games for the elderly: an introduction to ELDERGAMES project. PsychNology J. 4, 285–308 (2006)
Novak, D., Nagle, A., Keller, U., Riener, R.: Increasing motivation in robot-aided arm rehabilitation with competitive and cooperative gameplay. J. Neuroeng. Rehabil. 11, 64 (2014)
Gerling, K.M., Mandryk, R.L.: Long-term use of motion-based video games in care home settings. In: CHI 2015, pp. 1573–1582, Seoul, Republic of Korea (2015)
Maier, M., Rubio Ballester, B., Duarte, E., Duff, A., Verschure, P.F.: Social integration of stroke patients through the multiplayer rehabilitation gaming system. In: Göbel, S., Wiemeyer, J. (eds.) GameDays 2014. LNCS, vol. 8395, pp. 100–114. Springer, Heidelberg (2014)
Morán, A.L., Orihuela-Espina, F., Meza-Kubo, V., Grimaldo, A.I., Ramírez-Fernández, C., García-Canseco, E., Oropeza-Salas, J.M., Sucar, L.E.: Borrowing a virtual rehabilitation tool for the physical activation and cognitive stimulation of elders. In: Collazos, C., Liborio, A., Rusu, C. (eds.) CLIHC 2013. LNCS, vol. 8278, pp. 95–102. Springer, Heidelberg (2013)
Morán, A.L., Meza, V., Ramírez-Fernández, C., Grimaldo, A.I., García-Canseco, E., Orihuela-Espina, F., Sucar, L.E.: Revisiting the user experience of a virtual rehabilitation tool for the physical activation and cognitive stimulation of elders. In: Pecchia, L., Chen, L.L., Nugent, C., Bravo, J. (eds.) IWAAL 2014. LNCS, vol. 8868, pp. 203–210. Springer, Heidelberg (2014)
Sucar, L.E., Orihuela-Espina, F., Velazquez, R.L., Reinkensmeyer, D.J., Leder, R., Hernández-Franco, J.: Gesture therapy: an upper limb virtual reality-based motor rehabilitation platform. IEEE Trans. Neural Syst. Rehabil. Eng. 22, 634–643 (2014)
Brooke, J.: SUS-A quick and dirty usability scale. Usability Eval. Ind. 189, 194 (1996)
Venkatesh, V., Davis, F.D., College, S.M.W.: Theoretical acceptance extension model: field four studies of the technology longitudinal. Manag. Sci. 46, 186–204 (2000)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2015 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Borrego, G. et al. (2015). Pilot Evaluation of a Collaborative Game for Motor Tele-Rehabilitation and Cognitive Stimulation of the Elderly. In: Cleland, I., Guerrero, L., Bravo, J. (eds) Ambient Assisted Living. ICT-based Solutions in Real Life Situations. IWAAL 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9455. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26410-3_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26410-3_5
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-26409-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-26410-3
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)