PlayBionic: Game-Based Interventions to Encourage Patient Engagement and Performance in Prosthetic Motor Rehabilitation

Prosthetic motor rehabilitation usually relies on the highly repetitive training of movements. Patients might drop out of training because the rehabilitation process is long and often discouraging. Game-based interventions provide a potentially useful alternative to standard myoelectric (electromyographic [EMG]) training and can increase engagement with training.

Source: PM and R - November 1, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Cosima Prahm, Fares Kayali, Agnes Sturma, Oskar Aszmann Tags: Review: Virtual Rehabilitation Series Source Type: research