Electronic Games for Aged Care and Rehabilitation

Motivation and benefits of digital games for the elderly: a systematic literature review

“…Gerling et al [14] 2012 Case study Computer science E10 Gerling, Schild and Masuch [15] 2010 Case study Computer science E11 Gerling, Schulte and Masuch [16] 2011 Case study Computer science E12 Gerling et al [17] 2012 Survey Computer science E13 Grosinger, Vetere and Fitzpatrick [18] 2012 Prototyping Computer science E14 Hori and Baba [19] 2010 Case study Computer science E15 IJsselsteijn et al [20] 2007 Survey Computer science E16 Kankainen and Lehtinen [21] 2011 Qualitative research Computer science E17 Kow, Wen and Chen [22] 2012 Qualitative research Computer science E18 Lim et al [23] 2012 Prototyping Computer science E19 López-Martínez et al [24] 2011 Prototyping, Qualitative research Medicine E20 Maggiorini, Ripamonti and Scambia [25] 2012 Prototyping Computer science E21 Mahmud et al [26] 2008 Prototyping Computer science E22 Martínez, Morán and Gámez [27] 2012 Survey Computer science E23 Mubin, Shahid and Mahmud [28] 2008 Prototyping Computer science E24 Omori and Felinto [29] 2012 Case study Computer science E25 Palacio et al [30] 2012 Qualitative research Computer science E26 Pandeliev and Baecker [31] 2010 Prototyping Computer science E27 Plaza et al [32] 2011 Survey Computer science E28 Portela et al [33] 2011 Qualitative research Medicine E29 Rice et al [34] 2012 Qualitative research Computer science E30 Rice et al [35] 2011 Case study, Qualitative research Computer science E31 Rodriguez et al [36] 2012 Prototyping Medicine E32 Schutter and Abeele [3] 2010 Qualitative research Computer science E33 Shim et al [37] 2010 Prototyping Computer science E34 Smith et al [38] 2009 Case study Psychology E35 Vasconcelos et al [4] 2012 Case study, Prototyping, Qualitative research Computer science E36 Whitlock, McLaughlin and Allaire [39] 2012 Qualitative research Psychology E37 Yee, Duh and Quek [40] 2010 Case study; Qualitative research Computer science is the need to do more research in the area, in order to answer the RQ2 more properly. 2...…”

“…It was inferred that games can help treat chronic diseases such as diabetes and diseases related to heart problems [23,36]. Still in the field of health, it was noted that games can be a good alternative to physical therapy and to stimulate the elderly to adopt the habit of practicing physical activities, through the use interfaces based on movements and gestures control [38,15,16,19,33,35]. In addition, there is the advantage that the elderly can perform such activities without leaving the comfort of their homes [25].…”

Design Elements of Pervasive Games for Elderly Players: A Social Interaction Study Case

“…Pervasive games have emerged as research field in the last decade, with several games made [15] and there are a few works focusing particularly on design [16,17], while games for elderly became a research topic on its own in the context of serious games for health [18,19].…”

Physioland – A serious game for physical rehabilitation of patients with neurological diseases

“…The therapeutic procedures prescribed are generally traditional physical therapy programs that must be practiced over a long period of time. These programs consist of repetitive, boring and sometimes painful exercises, causing the demotivation and disinterest of the patients and leading them to prematurely abandon treatments [3,4].…”