1. REHABILITATION GAMING HAMZA KHALIQ

2. INTRODUCTION  Honours Project  Rehabilitation Gaming  Supervisors: David Hobbs and Brett Wilkinson  Cerebral Palsy  Definition: “Cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders that affect movement. It is a permanent, but not unchanging, physical disability caused by an injury to the developing brain, usually before birth.” [1]  Aim  Investigate whether the sensory perception of children with a sensory deficit can be improved by  Developing a suite of 2D and 3D games  Providing relevant and appropriate tactile sensory (vibrational) feedback [1] - http://www.cerebralpalsy.org.au/about-cerebral-palsy/basic-guide-to-cerebral- palsy/what-is-cerebral-palsy, Cerebral Palsy Alliancehttp://www.cerebralpalsy.org.au/about-cerebral-palsy/basic-guide-to-cerebral- palsy/what-is-cerebral-palsy

3. BACKGROUND  Games for Rehabilitation?  Speed the recovery process  Motivate the patients to continue playing while instructing them to perform movements similar to their therapy exercises  Current consoles being used  Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Eyetoy  Herren Hospital starts using the Wii console in 2008 [1]  Stronger response  Remove “pain and torture” by re-focusing the patients attention  Sensory Games?  Almost no games available  Training sensory awareness using an interactive and hands-on story book [2] [1] - Tanner, L 2008, ‘Doctors Use Wii Games for Rehab’, The Associated Press, viewed 15/3/2011, http://www.physicaltherapytoolbox.com/pdfs/wii01.pdfhttp://www.physicaltherapytoolbox.com/pdfs/wii01.pdf [2] - Barrett, ML, Jones, MH 1967, The ‘Sensory Story’, Development Medicine & Child Neurology, vol. 9, no. 4, pp.448-456

4. RESEARCH QUESTION  What is the difference between the paradigms used for sensory rehabilitation and motor rehabilitation?  What are the games that are currently being used for rehab and how are they different to what we will offer?  What considerations are important while building these games?  Question Evaluation  Develop games for sensory rehabilitation  Games tested by able-bodied children to receive an accurate feedback  Analyse games effectiveness and suitability

5. TIMELINE

6. GOALS  Develop Engaging Games  Motivational for young children between the ages of 5 and 15  Provide relevant and appropriate tactile sensory feedback  Conduct a User Evaluation  Test each game’s quality and suitability  Study the difference between the paradigms used in motor and sensory rehabilitation

7. THANKYOU  Questions?

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