Wii Fit Eyed For Rehab Patients
Like its big brother Wii Sports, Wii Fit is being eyed by physical rehabilitation experts as a tool to help people with limited or impaired movement. In the case of Wii Fit, the balance games could help people recovering from knee or ankle sugery, or as a way for older people to retain their range of motion. Professor of athletic training Sue Stanley-Green
One of the most difficult aspects of rehabilitation is getting patients to perform tedious, repetitive exercises. The entertainment value inherent in video games may help boost compliance with rehabilitation and perhaps improve outcomes.
While I'm not sure that Nintendo would want their device synonymous with the term "repetitive exercises," the point is still there: this game makes tedium fun. Stanley-Green continues.
My daughter is 12 and she has a friend who is very inactive and overweight and has some body control issues and the Wii Fit has really been a good thing for her. This is a child who would rather eat than anything and it's the first time I have ever seen her say, 'I'm not coming to dinner, I'm playing the Wii.
Again, Nintendo probably doesn't want to get accused of causing kids to skip meals, but I think we understand the point she's making.
As an aside, how would you feel if you were Sue Stanley-Green's daughter and your mom just told Reuters that one of your best friends is a fat, lazy pig? I imagine that if the wrong person saw that, it might make school Monday a little bit uncomfortable.
Wii Fit finding its way into rehab [Yahoo]
Dawdle
Posted to Video Games on 15 June 2008
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Oh thank our lucky stars. That poor woman in the picture looks like she's high on meth, dancing on the edge of insanity. She needs this for sure.