Potential Benefits of Nintendo Wii Fit Among People with Multiple Sclerosis

Effectiveness and Limitations of Unsupervised Home-Based Balance Rehabilitation with Nintendo Wii in People with Multiple Sclerosis

Balance training represents a critical part of the rehabilitation process of individuals living with multiple sclerosis (MS) since impaired postural control is a distinctive symptom of the disease. In recent years, the use of the Nintendo Wii system has become widespread among rehabilitation specialists for this purpose, but few studies have verified the effectiveness of such an approach using ...

Is the Nintendo Wii Fit really acceptable to older people?: a discrete choice experiment

BACKGROUND Interactive video games such as the Nintendo Wii Fit are increasingly used as a therapeutic tool in health and aged care settings however, their acceptability to older people is unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the acceptability of the Nintendo Wii Fit as a therapy tool for hospitalised older people using a discrete choice experiment (DCE) before and after exposure to ...

Team report Nintendo Wii

Nintendo Wii 1 Running head: NINTENDO WII Nintendo Wii: The Effects of Modern Gaming Technology within a Geriatric Population

Purpose: Today, independent living facilities are exploring the health benefits of the Nintendo Wii. This study explored the effects of cardiovascular functioning, balance, and quality of life of a well-elderly population (N=11) residing in an independent living facility. This study consisted of 12 Wii sessions, conducted over a 4-week period. Method: Subjects participated in 20-minute interven...

Effects of Nintendo Wii Fit Plus training on ankle strength with functional ankle instability

[Purpose] The objective of this study was to examine the effects of a training program using the Nintendo Wii Fit Plus on the ankle muscle strengths of subjects with functional ankle instability. [Subjects and Methods] This study was conducted using subjects in their 20s who had functional ankle instability. They were randomized to a strengthening training group and a balance training group wit...