A pilot usability study of MINWii, a music therapy game for demented patients

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-246

  Boulay, Mélodie ^a,b   Benveniste, Samuel ^c   Boespflug, Sandra ^a,b   Jouvelot, Pierre ^c   Rigaud, Anne Sophie ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

dementia; music therapy; Usability; video game; Wiimote

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC THERAPY; PARIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 80052113607     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-2011-0628     Document Type: Article

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