Gaming for Therapy in a Healthcare Smart Ambient

Nuno Manuel Robalo Correia

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-31479-7_38

Gaming for Therapy in a Healthcare Smart Ambient

Nuno Manuel Robalo Correia

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Abstract

Games elements are transcending the usual boundaries of their medium to enhance user experience and user engagement in non-game applications. Therapeutic serious gaming allows a patient to execute specific exercises while engaging with a game, trying to achieve its goals related to therapeutic activities. A ubiquitous therapeutic game corresponds to adding these elements into a context-aware smart ambient. This paper presents a proposal towards the use of therapeutic serious games in a pervasive healthcare assistive ambient. We are implementing these games to be used in the rehabilitation of both cognitive and motor deficits, taking advantage of the infrastructure developed for assisting and monitoring elderly and disabled people. The work's research will also be used on studies to improve the system's effectiveness through personalization.

Original language	Unknown
Title of host publication	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Pages	224-228
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31479-7_38
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2012
Event	First workshop on Ambient Gaming at AmI'11 (AmGam’11) - Duration: 1 Jan 2012 → …

Conference

Conference	First workshop on Ambient Gaming at AmI'11 (AmGam’11)
Period	1/01/12 → …

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