The Nintendo Wii utilization in the therapy of upper extremity motor impairments

Name: Hana Kateřina Dubová Supervizor: MUDr. Markéta Janatová Opponent: Title of the bachelor thesis: The Nintendo Wii utilization in the therapy of upper extremity motor impairments. ABSTRACT: The topic of this thesis was focused on the Nintendo Wii utilization in the therapy of upper extremity motor impairments in patients after a stroke. The aim was to demonstrate the positive effect of intensive therapy on the Nintendo Wii on the active range of motion at paretic upper extremity in two probands with right-sided hemiparesis and confirm the central hypothesis that beneficial effect of therapy using the Jebsen-Taylor test can be proven. First, the patients underwent an initial examination, which included an analysis of kinesiology, goniometry, neurological examination and Jebsen-Taylor and FIM tests were performed. After that the therapy was done using eight games of the console Nintendo Wii. Each treatment took 45 minutes, with a frequency of two to three times per week for four weeks. Output goniometric measurements and tests Jebsen-Taylor and FIM were carried after the last treatment and then repeated after three weeks again. The results from goniometric measurements revealed no major changes in the active range of motion in the paretic upper extremity. The results of the Jebsen-Taylor Test indicated..