Exercise can help to improve health, strengthen vitality and prevent brain disease,
especially for the elderly. Exercise games, or exergames, which combine both exercise and …

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess physical fitness (PF) in healthy volunteers
using the Senior Fitness Test (SFT) after a series of training sessions in virtual reality (VR) …

The correct posture and procedure are essential for effective and injury-free strength
training. Although it is necessary to know the differences between the postures and …

Background Nowadays, information technologies are being widely adopted to promote
healthcare and rehabilitation. Owing to their affordability and use of hand-free controllers …

Different solutions present the usage of bicycles with Head Mounted Display (HMD) in which
virtual scenarios are visualized as background for athletes training or as cardiac patient …

Caring for children with cognitive disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum
Disorders and Down Syndrome presents long term challenges to their caregivers. Assistive …

Exergames provide a challenging opportunity for home-based training and evaluation of
postural control in the elderly population, but affordable sensor technology and algorithms …

Abstract Background: The Kinect™(Microsoft™, Redmond, WA) sensor, originally developed
for gaming purposes, may have interesting possibilities for other fields such as posture and …

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the influence of pregame tutorials on
player performance in Kinect®(Microsoft®, Redmond, WA)-based health games and to …

Introduction Conventional functional rehabilitation costs time, money and effort for the
patients and for the medical staff. Serious games have been used as a new approach to …