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February, 2012
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The latest Parkinson’s treatment: Wii-hab

“Could a real hope of improving the lives of people with Parkinson’s disease — here, now, in their own homes — lie in a computer game? With major drug breakthroughs still tantalisingly out of reach, many health professionals and people with Parkinson’s are suddenly excited by the dramatic improvements in function and wellbeing being brought by simply playing the Nintendo Wii — a games system available on every high street that simulates sports and other activities by transferring your movements to the computer screen.”

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Simon Crompton, Times Online, 21 September 2009
(thanks to Berci Mesko)

23 September 2009 | Categories: News | Country: UK | Tag(s): Digital Homecare, Elderly, games, parkinson, Rehabilitation
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