Therapists' perceptions of social media and video game technologies in upper limb rehabilitation

JMIR Serious Games

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tatla, Sandy K ^a,b   Shirzad, Navid ^b   Lohse, Keith R ^c   Virji Babul, Naznin ^b   Hoens, Alison M ^b   Holsti, Liisa ^b,d   Li, Linda C ^b,e   Miller, Kimberly J ^b   Lam, Melanie Y ^f   Van der Loos, HF Machiel ^b  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e ARTHRITIS RESEARCH CENTRE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^f ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Gaming; Hemiplegia; Rehabilitation; Social media; Stroke; Technology adoption; Therapy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938362580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22919279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/games.3401     Document Type: Article

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