Games Used With Serious Purposes: A Systematic Review of Interventions in Patients With Cerebral Palsy.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of the present systematic review was to examine extant research regarding the role of games used seriously in interventions with individuals with cerebral palsy. Therefore, PubMed, PsyINFO, Web of Science, Scopus, and IEEE databases were used. Search terms included: "serious games" OR "online games" OR "video games" OR "videogame" OR "game based" OR "game" AND "intervention" AND "cerebral palsy." After the full reading and quality assessment of the papers, 16 studies met the inclusion criteria. The majority of the studies reported high levels of compliance, motivation, and engagement with game-based interventions both at home and at the clinical setting intervention. Regarding the effectiveness of the use of games, the results of the studies show both positive and negative resu

SUBMITTER: Lopes S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6156132 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature