Horse riding exercise, also known as hippotherapy is a popular treatment for children with cerebral palsy (CP). However, the need trained therapist, massive land use, and expensive maintenance of horse ranch makes not affordable or even available most patients in Indonesia. This problem motivates us to consider mechanical simulator machines replace actual hippotherapy. are easily bored when ask...

In this paper we present the results of a study to determine the effect and efficacy of a Virtual Reality game designed to elicit movements of the upper extremity. The study is part of an on-going research effort to explore the use of Virtual Reality as a means of improving the effectiveness of therapy for children with motor impairments. The current study addresses the following questions: 1. ...

Occupational therapy is one type of that specifically applied to someone who has special health problems, so they can return normal activities. the effective methods for children be able find out what learning are suitable them. With occupational therapy, parents have hope their carry daily activities independently. This method usually involves game and surrounding facilities as a tool. One thi...

This paper presents the design and development of Bias Blaster. Bias Blaster is a proof-of-concept integrated bubble-shooter game with an evidencebased therapeutic intervention, i.e., Cognitive Bias Modification Interpretation (CBM-I). The game is tailor-made for patients of the Dutch national mental health organization (GGZ) recovering from a First-Episode Psychosis (FEP). Cognitive Bias Modif...

the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between age and the soccer performance of elite male soccer players were playing with an emphasis on post. sample of 396 soccer players (36 goalkeeper, 168 defenders, 123 midfielders and 69 forwards) participating in the 2010 world cup in south africa, with a mean age of 27.23 ± 3.71 years, height 181.45 ± 6.43 cm and body mass 75.89 ± 6.4...

The application of game elements a in non-gaming context offers a great potential regarding the engagement of senior citizens with information systems. In this paper, we suggest the application of gamification to routine tasks and leisure activities, namely physical and cognitive therapy, the gamification of real-life activities which are no longer accessible due to age-related changes and the ...

This paper describes an eye-controlled game designed for behavioral therapy of ADHD. A user-centered design approach was adopted in the development cycle of these games in close collaboration with domain experts and target user populations. The games have an Arabic language interface and include multimodal interaction. Game scenarios were designed with increasing complexity depicted in visual d...

Many adolescents experience difficulties with traditional face-to-face mental health care approaches. Personal Investigator (PI) is a 3D computer game specifically designed for use in adolescent interventions. The game implements a model of Solution Focused Therapy. It aims to assist in easing the difficulties experienced by adolescents with direct face-to-face approaches. In sessions a therapi...