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Assisting People with Disabilities to Actively Improve Their Collaborative Physical Activities with Nintendo Wii Balance Boards by Controlling Environmental Stimulation
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Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Chen, Ling-Che; Shih, Ching-Tien – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
The latest researches have adopted software technology to modify the Nintendo Wii Balance Board functionality and used it to enable two people with developmental disabilities to actively perform physical activities. This study extended the latest research of the Wii Balance Board application to assess whether four people (two groups) with…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Developmental Disabilities, Video Games, Cooperation
A Standing Location Detector Enabling People with Developmental Disabilities to Control Environmental Stimulation through Simple Physical Activities with Nintendo Wii Balance Boards
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Shih, Ching-Hsiang – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This study evaluated whether two people with developmental disabilities would be able to actively perform simple physical activities by controlling their favorite environmental stimulation using Nintendo Wii Balance Boards with a newly developed standing location detection program (SLDP, i.e., a new software program turning a Nintendo Wii Balance…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Stimulation, Physical Activities, Video Games
Enabling People with Developmental Disabilities to Actively Follow Simple Instructions and Perform Designated Physical Activities According to Simple Instructions with Nintendo Wii Balance Boards by Controlling Environmental Stimulation
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Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Chung, Chiao-Chen; Shih, Ching-Tien; Chen, Ling-Che – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The latest researches have adopted software technology turning the Nintendo Wii Balance Board into a high performance standing location detector. This study extended Wii Balance Board functionality to assess whether two people with developmental disabilities would be able to actively perform designated physical activities according to simple…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Physical Activities, Developmental Disabilities, Computer Software
Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Using Wii Gaming Technology in Children with Down Syndrome
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Wuang, Yee-Pay; Chiang, Ching-Sui; Su, Chwen-Yng; Wang, Chih-Chung – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
This quasi-experimental study compared the effect of standard occupational therapy (SOT) and virtual reality using Wii gaming technology (VRWii) on children with Down syndrome (DS). Children (n=105) were randomly assigned to intervention with either SOT or VRWii, while another 50 served as controls. All children were assessed with measures of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Computer Simulation, Down Syndrome, Occupational Therapy
A New Standing Posture Detector to Enable People with Multiple Disabilities to Control Environmental Stimulation by Changing Their Standing Posture through a Commercial Wii Balance Board
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Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Shih, Ching-Tien; Chiang, Ming-Shan – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
This study assessed whether two persons with multiple disabilities would be able to control environmental stimulation using body swing (changing standing posture) and a Wii Balance Board with a newly developed standing posture detection program (i.e. a new software program turns a Wii Balance Board into a precise standing posture detector). The…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Computers
Assisting Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Actively Reduces Limb Hyperactive Behavior with a Nintendo Wii Remote Controller through Controlling Environmental Stimulation
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Shih, Ching-Hsiang; Yeh, Jui-Chi; Shih, Ching-Tien; Chang, Man-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The latest studies have adopted software technology which turns the Wii Remote Controller into a high-performance limb action detector, we assessed whether two persons with multiple disabilities would be able to control an environmental stimulus through limb action. This study extends the functionality of the Wii Remote Controller to the…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Stimulation, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities
Virtual Reality as Means to Improve Physical Fitness of Individuals at a Severe Level of Intellectual and Developmental Disability
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Lotan, Meir; Yalon-Chamovitz, Shira; Weiss, Patrice L. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are in need of effective and motivating physical fitness training programs. The aim was to test the effectiveness of a virtual reality (VR)-based exercise program in improving the physical fitness of adults with severe IDD when implemented by on-site caregivers. A research group (N…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Exercise, Computer Uses in Education, Video Games