Use of active video gaming in children with neuromotor dysfunction: a systematic review

Hickman, Robbin; Popescu, Lisa; Manzanares, Robert; Morris, Brendan; Lee, Szu‐Ping; Dufek, Janet S.

doi:10.1111/dmcn.13464

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“…There are also several adjunctive interventions that when combined with task-specific motor training may augment the positive effects of training. These include electrical stimulation [65,[92][93][94], hydrotherapy [108,110,111], taping [159][160][161][162][163][164], transcranial direct current stimulation [101,[166][167][168], and virtual reality serious gaming [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47] (yellow lights, weak positive). These interventions warrant more research as children reported finding gaming interventions rewarding and normalizing, and preferred electrical stimulation to wearing ankle-foot orthoses from a comfort perspective [93].…”

Section: Motor Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy

Novak

Morgan

Fahey

et al. 2020

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep

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Purpose of Review Cerebral palsy is the most common physical disability of childhood, but the rate is falling, and severity is lessening. We conducted a systematic overview of best available evidence (2012-2019), appraising evidence using GRADE and the Evidence Alert Traffic Light System and then aggregated the new findings with our previous 2013 findings. This article summarizes the best available evidence interventions for preventing and managing cerebral palsy in 2019. Recent Findings Effective prevention strategies include antenatal corticosteroids, magnesium sulfate, caffeine, and neonatal hypothermia. Effective allied health interventions include acceptance and commitment therapy, action observations, bimanual training, casting, constraint-induced movement therapy, environmental enrichment, fitness training, goal-directed training, hippotherapy, home programs, literacy interventions, mobility training, oral sensorimotor, oral sensorimotor plus electrical stimulation, pressure care, stepping stones triple P, strength training, task-specific training, treadmill training, partial body weight support treadmill training, and weight-bearing. Effective medical and surgical interventions include anti-convulsants, bisphosphonates, botulinum toxin, botulinum toxin plus occupational therapy, botulinum toxin plus casting, diazepam, dentistry, hip surveillance, intrathecal baclofen, scoliosis correction, selective dorsal rhizotomy, and umbilical cord blood cell therapy. Summary We have provided guidance about what works and what does not to inform decision-making, and highlighted areas for more research.

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Section: Motor Interventionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy

Novak

Morgan

Fahey

et al. 2020

Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep

520

457

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“…The benefits of specificity in this field is demonstrated by studies which show that exergaming improves gross motor skills of atypically developing children [ 42 ], acting as a useful rehabilitation tool in this population (e.g., balance control) [ 43 ]. Moreover, task-specific or outcome-specific trainings seem to be a prerequisite for positive effects [ 44 , 45 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Children and adolescents in clinical as well as rehabilitative settings may benefit from exergaming. It has already been shown in rehabilitation that exergaming has the potential to improve general as well as disease specific outcomes [ 44 ]. Moreover, there is promising evidence showing that exergaming is feasible as a physiotherapeutic intervention in adults [ 62 ], and that children’s motor learning may even be enhanced by practice in a virtual environment [ 63 ].…”

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Exergaming for Children and Adolescents: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

Benzing

Schmidt

2018

JCM

136

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Exergaming, or active video gaming, has become an emerging trend in fitness, education and health sectors. It is defined as digital games that require bodily movements to play, stimulating an active gaming experience to function as a form of physical activity (PA). Since exergaming is becoming more popular, claims have been made on the usefulness of exergaming. It has, for example, been entitled as being “the future of fitness” by the American College of Sports Medicine, promoting PA and health in children and adolescents. However, research also suggests that long-term engagement in exergaming is difficult to achieve, and there is a noticeable reservation towards exergaming by parents, teachers and caregivers. To provide an overview and to outline the future directions of exergaming, the aim of this review was to critically illustrate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of exergaming to promote PA and health in children and youth. The available evidence indicates that exergaming has the potential to improve health via an increase in PA. However, it seems that this potential is frequently underexploited, and further developments such as customized exergames are needed.

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“…Technology solutions for child health problems are already attempting to address unmet needs in large patient groups. Gamification and virtual reality (VR) systems are now supporting neurorehabilitation allowing the transfer of rehabilitation technologies into the home environment 18–20. Prosthetic limbs are now being developed that are light-weight, customised and use the latest sensor technology to control movement (eg, https://openbionics.com).…”

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confidence: 99%

Child health technology: shaping the future of paediatrics and child health and improving NHS productivity

Dimitri

2018

Arch Dis Child

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In the last decade, technology has revolutionised the way we deliver healthcare. Smartphones, tablets, personal computers and bespoke devices have provided patients with the means to access health information, manage their healthcare and communicate with health professionals remotely. Advances in technology have the potential to change how acute and long-term conditions are diagnosed and managed and how illness is prevented using technological advances in artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, robotics, 3D printing, new materials, biosensor technologies and data analytics. In the future, predictive analytics will help with earlier disease diagnosis in at-risk populations.Historically, development of child health innovation and technology has taken place in a relatively emergent manner with little formal coordination. The aim is to move away from the traditional approach of repurposing adult technologies to provide a large-scale and coordinated approach for the development of bespoke health technology for children that is anatomically, physiologically and developmentally appropriate, versatile and that has been designed with children and young people. The challenge for the National Health Service alongside healthcare systems across the world is to deliver increasingly complex healthcare at lower cost and with better quality of life and greater efficiency.

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Use of active video gaming in children with neuromotor dysfunction: a systematic review

Cited by 41 publications

References 53 publications

State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy

State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy

Exergaming for Children and Adolescents: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

Child health technology: shaping the future of paediatrics and child health and improving NHS productivity

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