Recent advances in rehabilitation for Parkinson's Disease with Exergames: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this contribution is to gather and to critically analyze recent evidence regarding the potential of exergaming for Parkinson's disease (PD) rehabilitation and to provide an up-to-date analysis of the current state of studies on exergame-based therapy in PD patients.

Methods

We performed our search based on the conclusions of a previous systematic review published in 2014. Inclusion criteria were articles published in the indexed databases Pubmed, Scopus, Sciencedirect, IEEE and Cochrane published since January 1, 2014. Exclusion criteria were papers with a target group other than PD patients exclusively, or contributions not based on exergames. Sixty-four publications out of 525 matches were selected.

Results

The analysis of the 64 selected publi

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Agundez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352377 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature