Stuart Smith
USC Faculty of Arts and Business
Game-based systems for remote
delivery of rehabilitation and exercise
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Dr Marie-Louise
Bird
(UTAS)
John Cannell
(THO Northern
Region)
The many dedicated and
willing participants in
our studies
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Breaking down the barriers
research translation
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J Am Geriatr Soc 56:2234–2243,
2008.
1/3 community dwelling
adults fall each year
High doses (>2hrs/week)
reduce risk and rate of falling
Balance challenging
sig lower costs
Home or group
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standard interventions
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Dance Dance Revolution
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Could we deliver a DDR
intervention into the home?
NHMRC Project grant (568724). Lord, SR, Smith, ST, Sherrington, C. &
Studenski, S. “Development and validation of a novel, home-based system
for training stepping ability to reduce the risk of falls in older adults
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Features of games we can use
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Score
Day
Games to
remotely
assess
function
Schoene D, Lord SR, Verhoef P and Smith ST. (2011). A Novel
Video Game–Based Device for Measuring Stepping Performance
and Fall Risk in Older People. Archives of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation, 92(6), 947-953
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How else could we use games?
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why games?
Story
Play
Technology
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Games
why games?
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Thanks
Stuart Smith, PhD, MSc
Professor of Disruptive Technologies
University of the Sunshine Coast
[email protected]
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