Benefits of exergame exercise on physical functioning of elderly people

Katajapuu, Niina; Luimula, Mika; Theng, Yin Leng; Pham, Tan Phat; Li, Jinhui; Pyae, Aung; Sato, Keizo

doi:10.1109/coginfocom.2017.8268221

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“… Li and colleagues (2016) studied the effects of playfulness in exergames on depression using Wii Fit Sports exergames and Wii Fit fitness exercises. Katajapuu and colleagues (2017) and Su and Cheng (2016) reported studies using Microsoft Kinect to capture the movements of the players that then controlled the exergame. Physical health was also targeted in the study by Steinert and colleagues (2018) ; however, their intervention more resembled the common gamified exercise solutions delivered via mobile devices, with the participants carrying an activity tracker and performing exercises provided by the mHealth solution.…”

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“…Only one study showed strong positive results by reporting positive significant effects for all of the relationships examined in the study ( Hiraoka et al, 2016 ), while nine of the reviewed studies were categorized as reporting weak positive results. Additionally, one study reported null results where none of the studied relationships had significant effects ( Katajapuu et al, 2017 ), and one study reported weak negative effects ( Boot et al, 2016 ).…”

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Gamification for Older Adults: A Systematic Literature Review

Koivisto

Malik

2020

The Gerontologist

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Background and Objectives During past years, gamification has become a major trend in technology, and promising results of its effectiveness have been reported. However, prior research has predominantly focused on examining the effects of gamification among young adults, while other demographic groups such as older adults have received less attention. In this review, we synthesize existing scholarly work on the impact of gamification for older adults. Research Design and Methods A systematic search was conducted using 4 academic databases from inception through January 2019. A rigorous selection process was followed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Results Twelve empirical peer-reviewed studies written in English, focusing on older adults aged ≥55, including a gameful intervention, and assessing subjective or objective outcomes were identified. Eleven of the 12 studies were conducted in the health domain. Randomized controlled study settings were reported in 8 studies. Positively oriented results were reported in 10 of 12 studies on visual attention rehabilitation, diabetes control, increasing positive emotions for patients with subthreshold depression, cognitive training and memory tests, engagement in training program, perceptions of self-efficacy, motivation and positive emotions of social gameplay conditions, increased physical activity and balancing ability, and increased learning performance and autonomy experiences. The results are, however, mostly weak indications of positive effects. Discussion and Implications Overall, the studies on gameful interventions for older adults suggest that senior users may benefit from gamification and game-based interventions, especially in the health domain. However, due to methodological shortcomings and limited amount of research available, further work in the area is called for.

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Gamification for Older Adults: A Systematic Literature Review

Koivisto

Malik

2020

The Gerontologist

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“…One important aspect of this field is devoted to improving the well-being of people [35], including assistive technologies for people with non-standard cognitive characteristics [18]. Recent research in this subfield of cognitive infocommunications relates to socially assistive robots with interactive behavioral capability [24,27], games for cognitive competence of children with learning difficulties [33], motion detection sensors-based exercise games for elderly people [19], and ambient assisted living services for elderly with cognitive impairments [21].…”

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Assessing the Children’s Receptivity to the Robot MARKO

2018

APH

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This paper presents an experimental assessment of the children's receptivity to the human-like conversational robot MARKO. It reports on a production of a corpus that is composed of recordings of interaction between children, with cerebral palsy and similar movement disorders, and MARKO, in realistic therapeutic settings. Twenty-nine children participated in this study: 17 of them were recruited from among patients with cerebral palsy and similar movement disorders, and 12 healthy. Approximately 222 minutes of session time was recorded. All dialogues were transcribed, and nonverbal acts were annotated. A control group of 15 children (14 with cerebral palsy, one with spina bifida) was also included. The evaluation of the corpus showed that the positive effects go beyond social triggeringthe children not only positively responded to MARKO, but also experienced increased motivation and engagement in therapy.

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“…Being a fully immersive VR installation with rich peripherals, the LIRKIS CAVE can serve as a home for multiple cognitive infocommunicationsrelated experiments and applications: A wheelchair simulation, with goals similar to [16], is under development now (section 5). The CAVE can be also used for socalled exergames [17], utilizing its OptiTrack motion tracking system or other sensors, such as Microsoft Kinect or the Myo armband. Another application area is a virtual reconstruction of historical sites, in a way similar to [18].…”

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LIRKIS CAVE: Architecture, Performance and Applications

2019

APH

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LIRKIS CAVE is a contemporary Cave Automatic Virtual Environment, developed and built at the home institution of the authors. Its walls, ceiling and floor are covered by stereoscopic LCD panels, user movement is tracked by OptiTrack cameras and scene rendering is carried out by a cluster of seven computers. The most unique feature is a portable design. It allows for disassembly of the whole CAVE to transport it to another location. The paper describes the hardware and software of the CAVE and presents results of several performance evaluation experiments. It also deals with current and future applications of the CAVE, which fall into the area of cognitive infocommunications and are primarily aimed toward impaired people.

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Benefits of exergame exercise on physical functioning of elderly people

Cited by 23 publications

References 15 publications

Gamification for Older Adults: A Systematic Literature Review

Gamification for Older Adults: A Systematic Literature Review

Assessing the Children’s Receptivity to the Robot MARKO

LIRKIS CAVE: Architecture, Performance and Applications

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