A influência do Nintendo WII no equilíbrio de indivíduos com doença de Parkinson: Relato de casos / The Influence of the Nintendo Wii Balance in Individuals with Parkinson's disease: Case reports / La influencia del Nintendo WII en el equilibrio de individuos con enfermedad de Parkinson: Relato de casos
Rev. Kairós
; 20(4): 403-413, dez. 2017. tab, ilus
Article
in Portuguese
| LILACS, Index Psychology - journals
| ID: biblio-988018
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RESUMO
Pesquisa descritiva, do tipo relato de caso, com o objetivo de identificar o impacto do uso do Nintendo Wii sobre o equilíbrio em indivíduos com Doença de Parkinson (DP). Participaram do estudo dois idosos com DP, avaliados através da Escala de Avaliação do Equilíbrio, da Marcha de Tinetti, e do Wii Fit Plus, que passaram pelo treino do equilíbrio no Nintendo Wii e foram reavaliados. Os dois casos apresentaram melhora do equilíbrio, sugerindo o benefício do Nintendo Wii no treino de equilíbrio em indivíduos com DP.
ABSTRACT
Descriptive research, of the case report type with the objective of identifying the impact of the use of Nintendo Wii on the balance in with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Two elderly with PD participated of the study and they were evaluated with the Equilibrium Evaluation Scale, the Puppet March and the Wii Fit Plus. They went through balance training with the Nintendo Wii and they were reevaluated. The two cases presented improvement of the balance, suggesting the benefit of Nintendo Wii in the training of balance subjects with DP.
RESUMEN
Búsqueda descriptiva, del tipo relato de caso, con el objetivo de identificar el impacto del uso de la Nintendo Wii sobre el equilibrio en individuos con enfermedad de Parkinson (DP). En el estudio, dos ancianos con DP, evaluados a través de la Escala de Evaluación del Equilibrio, de la Marcha de Tinetti, y de Wii Fit Plus, que pasaron por el entrenamiento del equilibrio en el Nintendo Wii y fueron reevaluados. Los dos casos presentaron una mejora del equilibrio, sugiriendo el beneficio del Nintendo Wii en el entrenamiento de equilibrio en individuos con DP.
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Database:
Index Psychology - journals
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LILACS
Main subject:
Postural Balance
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Exergaming
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Rev. Kairós
Journal subject:
Psychology
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Católica de Pernambuco/BR
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria/BR
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Universidade Federal de Sergipe/BR