A stroke, also known as stroke, stroke or brain attack, is the loss of brain function due to a lack of blood in a given area of the brain (infartando tissue) or the rupture of a vessel cerebral blood, eg due to a sudden rise in blood pressure. A person who has suffered a stroke may suffer loss of strength in the limbs, slurred speech, difficulty driving or loss of vision among other consequences that require the patient to undergo a rehabilitation program to help you cope with some independence after suffering this episode. With the idea of extending rehabilitation, for example, the patient's home, the University of Newcastle with Limbs Alive are developing a new type of unconventional therapy but could be very effective and, above all, entertaining for patient use special games as rehabilitation therapy.
A few months ago we knew that treatment was being followed at the University of Oxford to accelerate the learning of patients using electrical stimulation of the brain and thus reduce treatment times, a rather unique perspective that was being used within the heart of the U.S. Air Force to accelerate the learning of the pilots. This time, the vision is very different and, above all, much less invasive because you are looking for empathy with the patient to the rehabilitation process is something fun and, of course, a video game is a good choice.
The use of video games in rehabilitation therapy is not new, for example is something that uses the Rehabilitation Centre for Advanced Therapeutics in Singapore combined with occasional robotic system but this time it tries to extend the therapy to the patient's home for their family, for example, help speed up the process using this game.
Using a wireless controller, patients will be driving to the characters while performing exercises that will help you regain mobility and coordination, something that has already been found Danny Mann, a 68-year old man who suffered a stroke in February and never had been set before a game:
"I had fun even though I was exercising and sweating. Therapy exercises are normally quite boring but necessary but this game is somewhat different, encourages me to continue going to therapy ... I wish I could play with my grandchildren. I do not think there is a better motivation to play this game with my grandchildren for me to continue on the path of my recovery "
The idea is that the game system also can include a monitoring brief for doctors and therapists can follow the evolution of the patient and make sure you are following the exercise at home.
An interesting therapy that will surely help speed the recovery of many patients who do not see getting rehabilitation therapy as something heavy or dull.
