Acceptability of a custom-designed game, CityQuest, aimed at improving balance confidence and spatial cognition in fall-prone and healthy older adults

Merriman, Niamh A.; Roudaia, Eugenie; Romagnoli, Matteo; Orvieto, Ivan; Newell, Fiona N.

doi:10.1080/0144929x.2018.1462402

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“…Studies on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and habit management have been included in the “life purpose” pillar. As can be seen in Figure 2, the five studies focused on physical activity [27,32,34,36,37] represent a third of the total, and the five focused on life purpose studies [28,30,35,39,40] represent another third. Four of the studies related to the “life purpose” pillar [30,32,41,42] (80% of the “life purpose” pillar related studies and 26.66% of the total of studies) focus on habit management and CBT.…”

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“…Four of the studies related to the “life purpose” pillar [30,32,41,42] (80% of the “life purpose” pillar related studies and 26.66% of the total of studies) focus on habit management and CBT. Only two of the studies [36,40], which represent 13.33%, are multimodal. The study from Merriman et al [36] combined physical exercise and cognitive activity, whereas the one from Rodrigues et al [40] focused on nutrition and physical exercise.…”

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“…Only two of the studies [36,40], which represent 13.33%, are multimodal. The study from Merriman et al [36] combined physical exercise and cognitive activity, whereas the one from Rodrigues et al [40] focused on nutrition and physical exercise. There are no studies focused on sleep, overall health, or socialization that otherwise fulfilled our filtering criteria.…”

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“…Eight of the studies identified (53.33%) [30,31,32,33,35,37,40,41] employed light monitoring, based on questionnaires and tests to get data and parameters from users. Three of the studies [29,36,39] (20%) employed heavy monitoring with controlled spaces or specific devices. Two studies [34,42] (13.33%) focused on medium monitoring, based on smartphones, wearables, and sensors.…”

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“…Nonetheless, we expect that the use of such technologies steeply grows in the near future. The use of controlled environments with specific tools like the special workstations of the study by Commissaris et al [29] or the use of virtual reality in the study by Merriman et al [36] can be particularly valuable to test and improve the use of new technologies or to carry out proof of concept trials. However, such approaches are not well suited for long interventions and fail to capture a true reflection of daily life.…”

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Acceptability of a custom-designed game, CityQuest, aimed at improving balance confidence and spatial cognition in fall-prone and healthy older adults

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Technologies for Monitoring Lifestyle Habits Related to Brain Health: A Systematic Review

Technologies for Monitoring Lifestyle Habits Related to Brain Health: A Systematic Review

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Effect of virtual reality guidance system on the overhaul teaching

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