Playfulness and New Technologies in Hand Therapy for Children With Cerebral Palsy: Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Innovative technologies such as game consoles and smart toys used with games or playful approaches have proven to be successful and attractive in providing effective and motivating hand therapy for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Thus, there is an increased interest in designing and implementing interventions that can improve the well-being of these children. However, to understand how and why these interventions are motivating children, we need a better understanding of the playful elements of technology-supported hand therapy.

Objective

This scoping review aims to identify the playful elements and the innovative technologies currently used in hand therapy for children with CP.

Methods

We included studies that design or evaluate interventions for childr

SUBMITTER: Pinos Cisneros TV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10616756 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature