Design of Tangible Games for Children Undergoing Occupational and Physical Therapy

Robertus Wilhelmus van Delden; Elisabeth M.A.G. van Dijk; Pauline Aarts

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_19

Design of Tangible Games for Children Undergoing Occupational and Physical Therapy

Robertus Wilhelmus van Delden, Elisabeth M.A.G. van Dijk, Pauline Aarts

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Abstract

Games can offer an entertaining alternative to repetitive tasks. In this paper, we propose the use of tangible interactive games for the repetitive training of upper limbs in the therapy of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). We obtained promising results. The total of four created games succeeded in triggering all the to-be-trained movements properly and in a motivating and entertaining way. A physical quiz game was especially successful as children kept on playing the game making the proper movements without additional encouragement or instructions of the therapists or researchers. These results indicate that in this kind of occupational or physical therapy, there is additional value in using tangible interactive games. Furthermore, the research shows the importance of including the therapists in the design of games and we report on several ways to achieve that.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012
Editors	Marc Herrlich, Rainer Malaka, Maic Masuch
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	221-234
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-33541-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_19
Publication status	Published - 26 Sept 2012
Event	11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012 - Bremen, Germany Duration: 26 Sept 2012 → 29 Sept 2012 Conference number: 11

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	7522
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012
Abbreviated title	ICEC
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Bremen
Period	26/09/12 → 29/09/12

Keywords

IR-81935
METIS-289711
Cerebral Paresis
Design methods
intrinsic motivation
EWI-22301
games for therapy
Participatory Design
HMI-MI: MULTIMODAL INTERACTIONS
HMI-HF: Human Factors
Tangibles

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van Delden, R. W., van Dijk, E. M. A. G., & Aarts, P. (2012). Design of Tangible Games for Children Undergoing Occupational and Physical Therapy. In M. Herrlich, R. Malaka, & M. Masuch (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012 (pp. 221-234). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 7522). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_19

van Delden, Robertus Wilhelmus ; van Dijk, Elisabeth M.A.G. ; Aarts, Pauline. / Design of Tangible Games for Children Undergoing Occupational and Physical Therapy. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012. editor / Marc Herrlich ; Rainer Malaka ; Maic Masuch. Berlin : Springer, 2012. pp. 221-234 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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van Delden, RW, van Dijk, EMAG & Aarts, P 2012, Design of Tangible Games for Children Undergoing Occupational and Physical Therapy. in M Herrlich, R Malaka & M Masuch (eds), Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7522, Springer, Berlin, pp. 221-234, 11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012, Bremen, Germany, 26/09/12. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33542-6_19

Design of Tangible Games for Children Undergoing Occupational and Physical Therapy. / van Delden, Robertus Wilhelmus; van Dijk, Elisabeth M.A.G.; Aarts, Pauline.
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Entertainment Computing, ICEC 2012. ed. / Marc Herrlich; Rainer Malaka; Maic Masuch. Berlin: Springer, 2012. p. 221-234 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 7522).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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