Augmenting pediatric constraint-induced movement therapy and bimanual training with video gaming technology

Technology and Disability

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 179-191

  Gordon, Andrew M ^a   Okita, Sandra Y ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

bimanual training; cerebral palsy; computer game; constraint induced movement therapy; hand; Nintendo Wii; rehabilitation; task oriented training; upper extremity; video game console; virtual environment; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EYE HAND COORDINATION; GAME; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REHABILITATION CARE; SIMULATION; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 78650476378     PISSN: 10554181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2010-0302     Document Type: Article

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