Do active video games benefit the motor skill development of non-typically developing children and adolescents: A systematic review

Page, Zoey E.; Barrington, Stephanie; Edwards, Jacqueline M.; Barnett, Lisa M.

doi:10.1016/j.jsams.2017.05.001

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“…Overall, the present systematic review allows authors to conclude that GUS can be effectively incorporated into conventional interventions, with clear therapeutic gains. These findings are consistent with data from systematic reviews assessing the efficacy of games in promoting skills, such as perceptual, cognitive, behavioral, affective, motivational ( Connolly et al, 2012 ), and motor skills development ( Page et al, 2017 ), in both typically developing youngsters ( Connolly et al, 2012 ) and non-typically developing youngsters ( Page et al, 2017 ). Regarding some aspects of the intervention, each had its own features, still, concerning the intervention length, the findings showed that the majority of studies performed more than five sessions (e.g., Sandlund et al, 2011 ), each lasting 30 min (e.g., Diez Alegre and Cano de la Cuerda, 2012 ; Burdea et al, 2013 ).…”

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Games Used With Serious Purposes: A Systematic Review of Interventions in Patients With Cerebral Palsy

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The purpose of the present systematic review was to examine extant research regarding the role of games used seriously in interventions with individuals with cerebral palsy. Therefore, PubMed, PsyINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, and IEEE databases were used. Search terms included: “serious games” OR “online games” OR “video games” OR “videogame” OR “game based” OR “game” AND “intervention” AND “cerebral palsy.” After the full reading and quality assessment of the papers, 16 studies met the inclusion criteria. The majority of the studies reported high levels of compliance, motivation, and engagement with game-based interventions both at home and at the clinical setting intervention. Regarding the effectiveness of the use of games, the results of the studies show both positive and negative results regarding their effectiveness. The efficacy was reported to motor function (i.e., improvements in the arm function, hand coordination, functional mobility, balance and gait function, postural control, upper-limbs function) and physical activity. Findings of this review suggest that games are used as a complement to conventional therapies and not as a substitute. Practitioners often struggle to get their patients to complete the assigned homework tasks, as patients display low motivation to engage in prescribed exercises. Data of this review indicates the use of games as tools suited to promote patients’ engagement in the therapy and potentiate therapeutic gains.

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Games Used With Serious Purposes: A Systematic Review of Interventions in Patients With Cerebral Palsy

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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].…”

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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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“…Different strategies have been used to improve motor skills and postural control in children with DS ranging from specific strategies for the fundamental skills development, neuromuscular training to even whole-body vibration training [13][14][15] , however, one of the problems observed in practice is the low motivation and commitment to the interventions to be applied, thus, in recent years, the use of technology and video games has been proposed to make it more attractive for children. A systematic review carried out by Page, Barrington, Edwards and Barnett 16 determined the active video games (AVG) effectiveness or also called 'exergame' in the development of motor skills in children and adolescents of atypical development, finding that the interventions that used the Nintendo Wii console, could benefit the motor development, with promising effects on the balance, however, more research is needed due to the different biases that present the analyzed interventions. At present, there are few studies that have used the Nintendo Wii console in people with DS, we can only mention the study of Silva 17 conducted with adult population and its results showed that it can be an effective tool to improve physical condition, functional mobility, and motor competence, but we have not yet found studies in children with DS using the Nintendo Wii console.…”

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Efecto de una intervención basada en realidad virtual sobre las habi lidades motrices básicas y control postural de niños con Síndrome de Down

Gómez-Álvarez

Mortecinos

Rodríguez

et al. 2018

Rev. chil. pediatr.

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There are few studies on the effect of a virtual reality-based intervention on motor development and postural control in children with Down Syndrome (DS). Objective: To determine the effect of a virtual reality-based intervention on motor development and postural control in children with DS. Patients and Method: Study with a quantitative approach, with a quasi-experimental design, which included 16 children with DS randomly assigned to an experimental group (Wii Balance Bord Group, WBBG, n = 9) and control group (CG, n = 7). Postural control was evaluated by the center of pressure displacement and motor development with TGMD-2. The intervention program was carried out for five weeks, two times per week. The data were subjected to statistical analysis, the Shapiro Wilk test for the sample distribution, and the Student's T-test for the comparison of group means. Results: Significant changes were observed in the TGMD-2 Test and its manipulation subtest (p < 0.01) respectively. In the rest of the tests, there was an improvement, but no significant differences were observed. Conclusion: A virtual reality-based intervention was effective in GWBB, providing lowimpact exercises to improve postural control and thus leading to improved motor skills in children with DS.

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Do active video games benefit the motor skill development of non-typically developing children and adolescents: A systematic review

Cited by 75 publications

References 49 publications

Games Used With Serious Purposes: A Systematic Review of Interventions in Patients With Cerebral Palsy

Games Used With Serious Purposes: A Systematic Review of Interventions in Patients With Cerebral Palsy

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

Efecto de una intervención basada en realidad virtual sobre las habi lidades motrices básicas y control postural de niños con Síndrome de Down

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