The use of motion tracking technologies in serious games to enhance rehabilitation in stroke patients

International Journal of Game-Based Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 60-73

  Burton, Andrew M ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Battersby, Steven ^a   Brown, David ^a   Sherkat, Nasser ^a   Standen, Penny ^a   Walker, Marion ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Motion tracking; Rehabilitation; Serious games; Stroke; Thermal tracking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859079446     PISSN: 21556849     EISSN: 21556857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/ijgbl.2011100106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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