Abstract

CORDOBA CASTILLO, Luisa Fernanda; GOMEZ LOZANO, Viviana Carolina; TELLO FERNANDEZ, Leidy Karina  and  TOVAR RUIZ, Luz Ángela. Effects on the Treatments in Physical Therapy with the Wii Fit Plus Balance Board Concerning Postural Changes on Children Suffering Spastic Hemiparesis. Case Study. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2015, vol.13, n.2, pp.141-157. ISSN 1692-7273.  https://doi.org/10.12804/revsalud13.02.2015.02.

Introduction: This study tried to determine the effects on the treatments in physical therapy with the Wii Balance Board and Wii Fit Plus -both of Wii, Nintendo Company Limited- concerning postural changes on children suffering spastic hemiparesis. Material and methods: Case study done with two children, from the municipality of Popayan, suffering cerebral palsy type spastic hemiparesis. These children underwent previously a test on static posture with APIC v. 2.0 software. An exercise program using the Wii Fit plus Balance Board for 20 sessions was performed. Results: Both patients had remarkable changes on the lateralization of the center of gravity.These changes can support corrections of postural alterations later. Conclusions: Implementing the Wii Fit Plus game with Wii Balance Board in physical therapy is a useful alternative in rehabilitation of hemi paretic patients for a better distribution of their center of gravity. Weight overload and compensations should be avoided.

Keywords : Cerebral palsy spastic hemiparesis; video games; physical therapy.

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