Overview
- Presents a unique combination of technological (IT) and clinical perspectives
- Describes a novel approach of serious games in physical rehabilitation
- Summarizes the work in the field to describe the advantages and limitations of serious games for different pathologies
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About this book
Marketing text: This innovative book explores how games can be serious, even though most people generally associate them with entertainment and fun. It demonstrates how videogames can be a valuable tool in clinics and demonstrates how clinicians can use them in physical rehabilitation for various pathologies. It also describes step by step their integration in rehabilitation, from the (gaming) technology used to its application in clinics. Further, drawing on an extensive literature review, it discusses the pros and cons of videogames and how they can help overcome certain obstacles to rehabilitation.
The last part of the book examines the main challenges and barriers that still need to be addressed to increase and improve the use and efficacy of this new technology for patients.
The book is intended for physiotherapists and clinicians alike, providing a useful tool for all those seeking a comprehensive overview of the field of serious games and considering adding it to conventional rehabilitation treatment.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Bruno Bonnechère is a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Medicine of the Université Libre de Bruxelles. He is currently finishing his joint PhD for the Faculty of Medicine (Laboratory of Anatomy, Biomechanics and Organogenesis - ULB) and the Faculty of Engineering (Department of Electronics and Informatics) of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is interested in the scientific validation of gaming hardware (e.g. Microsoft Kinect and Nintendo Balance Board) in connection with functional evaluation during rehabilitation exercises, and in the use of serious games for motor and cognitive rehabilitation. He has published more than twenty papers in peer-reviewed international journals, and has authored four books and six book chapters.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Serious Games in Physical Rehabilitation
Book Subtitle: From Theory to Practice
Authors: Bruno Bonnechère
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66122-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-66121-6Published: 22 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88182-9Published: 05 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-66122-3Published: 30 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 146
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Rehabilitation Medicine, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy