Game Design for Acquired Brain Injury Cognitive Rehabilitation: A Conceptual Framework

Elaklouk, Ahmed Mohammed; Zin, Nor Azan Mat; Shapi’i, Azrulhizam

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-02958-0_21

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“…The aim is to establish a framework that can be used by the game developers and practitioners while designing game systems for cognitive rehabilitation. The framework was constructed from the results of our investigation and other related literatures [12–14]. Basically, the proposed framework consists of four components, namely, condition, process, activity, and outcome.…”

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A Game System for Cognitive Rehabilitation

Shapi’i

Zin

Elaklouk

2015

BioMed Research International

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Brain injury such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) and stroke is the major cause of long-term disabilities in many countries. The increasing rate of brain damaged victims and the heterogeneity of impairments decrease rehabilitation effectiveness and competence resulting in higher cost of rehabilitation treatment. On the other hand, traditional rehabilitation exercises are boring, thus leading patients to neglect the prescribed exercises required for recovery. Therefore, we propose game-based approach to address these problems. This paper presents a rehabilitation gaming system (RGS) for cognitive rehabilitation. The RGS is developed based on a proposed conceptual framework which has also been presented in this paper.

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A Game System for Cognitive Rehabilitation

Shapi’i

Zin

Elaklouk

2015

BioMed Research International

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“…Moreover, autistic children are more likely to engage in these therapy sessions compared to conventional methods [2] [3] [4]. The Kinect sensor is a virtual reality technology that can identify body movements, posture, and voice in three dimensions and its use is proposed in the development of rehabilitation games.…”

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Interactive Games Using Hand-Eye Coordination Method for Autistic Children Therapy

Shapi’i¹,

Rahman²,

Baharuddin³

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Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Inf. Technol.

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Recent studies have found that imbalanced motor skills (hand-eye coordination) among autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or autistic children cause lower efficiency in daily routines. Autistic children need long-term rehabilitation programs to improve their abilities. However, problems with a lack of motivation to participate in conventional therapy and the high cost of therapy sessions arise over time. Autism children are necessary to do repetitive activities every time through therapy sessions. Repetitive activities cause children having less interest to participate in ongoing therapy sessions. Besides, the therapy process usually requires a long time to be implemented that cause the relatively high cost had to be paid by the patient's family. The use of technology is seen as more effective and less annoying for a child with autism. However, the use of games technology requires the gamer to hold a game controller. Proposals for motion-based toothless games using NUI technology, such as the Kinect Xbox 360, to be used in rehabilitation are exciting for patients, but the design elements do not meet the requirements of autistic people. Hence, this research proposes a Kinect game based on design elements for autistic rehabilitation. The objective of this research is to identify a symptom of eye-hand coordination problem and develop a severe game using Kinect technology as the solution to the problem faced by autism children. This technology provides a low-budget solution costs of therapy and games base on the 3D sensor without the use of control equipment which must behold or touch by hand. Moreover, Kinect does not need a controller or additional body-worn attachment during play time. A game prototype was developed and measured, and evaluation resulted in positive feedback from the user and therapists, thus meeting the objective of this study.

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“…Besides that, based on the patient outcome, the therapists will be able to assess the affective reactions, task performance level, and changes in skills of the patients. A more detailed description of our proposed framework can be found in an earlier publication [23]. The Rehabilitation Gaming System (RGS) prototype was developed for two main reasons.…”

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A Rehabilitation Gaming System for Cognitive Deficiencies: Design and Usability Evaluation

Elaklouk¹,

Zin

2019

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Patients with Acquired Brain Injuries or ABI experience various cognitive deficiencies that adversely impact their daily lives, as their ability to perform everyday activities, becomes severely limited. These patients would benefit more from engaging in unconventional cognitive rehabilitation, specifically rehabilitation using Serious Games. However, it is difficult to categorize cognitive disabilities due to their heterogeneity; therefore individualized rehabilitation interventions are required. It is also challenging to design games for cognitive rehabilitation, as the complexity and production cost for these games are usually very high. There is an abundance of recent studies on cognitive rehabilitation, particularly game-based interventions. However, some studies explain how to design games that are enjoyable and usable for patients with cognitive disabilities. Hence, this study addresses this issue with a proposed framework for therapeutic game developers targeting patients with cognitive deficiencies. To this end, a prototype Rehabilitation Gaming System (RGS) was developed and evaluated by therapists. A 7-point Likert scale usability questionnaire was used and the mean scores for layout/design (5.94), ease of use (5.40), easy to learn (5.76), usefulness (5.96) and satisfaction (6.1) indicate that RGS has good usability. Therapists are willing to use RGS for rehabilitation purposes. Practitioners, game developers, and patients in the healthcare field will be able to use the proposed framework as a guide and tool for designing and implementing games targeted for cognitive rehabilitation.

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Game Design for Acquired Brain Injury Cognitive Rehabilitation: A Conceptual Framework

Cited by 7 publications

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A Game System for Cognitive Rehabilitation

A Game System for Cognitive Rehabilitation

Interactive Games Using Hand-Eye Coordination Method for Autistic Children Therapy

A Rehabilitation Gaming System for Cognitive Deficiencies: Design and Usability Evaluation

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