Thursday, May 5, 2011
Wow! Nintendo Wii Can 'Cure' Nerve Disease
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Nintendo Wii is now the choice of physiotherapist as an alternative rehabilitation option for patients with injuries or neurological diseases such as stroke.
Patients with stroke, Parkinson's, sclerosis, cerebral palsy until leg amputation could be treated using this gaming console.
The first study that connects the gaming console with the process of therapy indicate that patients can recover more quickly by playing Wii games compared to conventional therapy. Such as reported by the Daily Mail.
Therapists assess the Wii can make the patient more active for physically participants, thus helping to restore their motor skills. Rather than simply pressing the console button to move the animated character on the screen hitting a tennis ball, the patient is really swinging imaginary racquets through the wireless controller.
Rebecca Scott, senior physiotherapist for the National Star College in Cheltenham, said that of 150 patients treated, more than 30% use the Wii as the part of their rehabilitation.
"The use of Wii is something new for us. It is able to attract people's attention. The first time you use it, I realized how flexible and easy movement, so great for people who have limitations in their movement. They can still play this game," said Scott .
"Wii is more motivating therapy and what patients can do at home with their families. In addition, the Wii also makes patients move more compared with conventional therapy sessions," he added.
"Wii can help patients develop balance, coordination, motor control and their movement in general. So is the ability of other movements from the patient. But, like other rehabilitation devices, this therapy must be done in a work program with realistic targets," added Scott.
Recently, a clinical research from the University of Toronto shows if stroke patients can recover more quickly after playing the Wii instead of just doing conventional therapy.
The tests were conducted by several scientists in Canada on 100 patients who had blockages in their brains. The test results show, the patient managed to restore movement and strength faster by playing Wii games such as tennis, bowling and even cooking.
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