The Nintendo Wii console sports games contribute to the rehabilitation of patients with acquired brain damage.

practical demonstration!

-Usual recovery techniques require the repetition of hundreds of movements that are tedious to patient

-El Hospital Basque Aita Menni takes two years using these systems play in their therapies with good results

-more than 250 journalists realize these applications during the space ‘ Expo health Anis 2011 ’, which was held last Saturday during the 7th National Congress of health informers (ANIS)

Granada, 2011-October systems game of the last generation as Nintendo’s Wii consoles, based on the implementation of the arm movements and displacement of the body conductingthey are suitable for use in patients with brain damage for rehabilitation purposes. The Basque Hospital Aita Menni takes two years using it these systems with good results in their patients.

More than 250 journalists realize these applications during in space ‘ Expo health Anis 2011 ’, which was held last Saturday during the VII National Congress of health journalists, organized by the National Association of journalists (ANIS).

During the workshop, the rehabilitation physician of Basque Hospital Aita Menni, Juan Marin, showed attendees how to use the Nintendo Wii video game console in the rehabilitation treatment of patients with acquired brain damage (DAC).

In particular, the types of games from sports (baseball, golf, bowling and tennis), were used as well as games which proposes package Wii Fit playing with the Wii Balance Board balance platform. These products are customarily used the Basque Hospital Aita Menni therapies that develop. Furthermore, there are already some specific programs developed by clinicians for use purposes proper rehabilitation

acquired brain damage (stroke and head injury) is the leading cause of death and disability in developed countries. It is very common after having suffered any of these processes that the person present important sequels. These consequences affect mobility (paralysis of one part of the body, balance problems, inability to walk or to use his arm) and that this represents a loss of autonomy when it comes to the most basic activities (feeding, dressing or wash it)

recovery of these problems involves intensive rehabilitation programmes which often require the concurrence of different professionals as physiotherapists, speech therapists, psychologists and occupational therapists.

In this sense, the rehabilitation physician indicates that the usual recovery techniques require the repetition of hundreds of movements to relearn the capacity loss involves the use of numerous personal and material resources and can be tedious and monotonous patient ”.

Some of the processes that allow reentrenar this type of game consoles are the mobility of joints, balance, visual-manual coordination, attention processes, reflexes and endurance.

The use of video game consoles in the treatment programme allows complement and play many of the classic exercises ”, emphasizes the specialist of Aita Menni, which emphasizes that everything is done within an environment that is playful, increasing therefore very significant levels of adherence and motivation for treatment ”.

The satisfaction felt by patients using this novel therapy is very high. The results obtained are comparable and, in some cases, even better than using conventional therapeutic methods.