Thursday, 12 August 2010

Journal Inquirer : Wii-hab assignment: ECHN using video games to help physical therapy patients get back on their game

By Kimberly Phillips
Journal Inquirer
Published: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 2:08 PM EDT

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Many of today’s parents tell their children to turn off the video games, but those same parents — grounded by a torn ACL or slipped disk — may be turning them on during the course of their physical therapy.

In the basement of Manchester Memorial Hospital, surrounded by exercise balls, a pulley machine, treadmills, and parallel bars, the latest therapy device has come in a little white box — the Nintendo Wii.

With the aid of a flat-screen television mounted on the wall in an out-of-the-way corner, patients are using the Wii Fit and Wii Sports packages to come back from injuries.


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