Background
Motor function rehabilitation in persons with Parkinson’s disease
The role of virtual reality and exergaming
Objectives of the paper
Methods
10Cubes exergaming system
Participants
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10 participants using the 2D equipment (LCD group); 4 males and 6 females, 71.3 ± 8.4 years old, 3 had left side and 7 had right side more affected.
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10 participants using the 3D equipment (3D group); 5 males and 5 females, 67.6 ± 7.6 years old, 1 had left side and 9 had right side more affected.
Research protocol
Data assessment
Hand temporal and spatial parameters
Assessment of motivation
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Q1 I have made a lot of efforts to play the game
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Q2 I think it’s a good game for me.
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Q3 The game seemed very interesting to me.
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Q4 I did my best.
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Q5 During the playing I was very tense.
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Q6 I am satisfied with my result.
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Q7 Playing was fun.
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Q8 During the game I felt under pressure.
Clinical tests
Data analysis
Results
Movement analysis
LCD group | Cohen’s | 3D VR group | Cohen’s | Mac-Skilling | |||||||
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S1 | S10 | U3 | S1 | S10 | U3 | p | |||||
mean | sd | mean | sd | [CI] | mean | sd | mean | sd | [CI] | ||
TfFTtE | 103,98 | 11,97 | 104,19 | 12,54 | 0,4 [0,1-0,8] | 101,87 | 24,56 | 84,60 | 29,54 | 0,2 [0,0-0,7] | 0,669 |
AToM | 3,79 | 1,72 | 3,36 | 1,36 | 0,1 [0,0-0,9] | 2,40 | 0,50 | 2,49 | 0,51 | 0,6 [0,2-0,9] |
0,009*
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IB | 4,81 | 2,27 | 6,31 | 2,87 | 0,8 [0,2-1,0] | 5,80 | 2,84 | 9,22 | 1,24 | 0,9 [0,6-1,0] |
0,028*
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TNoT | 9,58 | 3,54 | 12,19 | 3,44 | 0,5 [0,2-1,0] | 12,36 | 4,64 | 13,42 | 2,91 | 0,7 [0,2-1,0] | 0,181 |
ATI | 17,77 | 8,23 | 15,52 | 5,45 | 0,3 [0,0-0,8] | 24,42 | 8,41 | 23,72 | 8,53 | 0,4 [0,0-0,9] |
0,002*
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ATIpS | 0,71 | 0,47 | 0,45 | 0,25 | 0,3 [0,0-0,8] | 0,94 | 0,37 | 0,74 | 0,18 | 0,3 [0,0-0,8] |
0,001*
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Intrinsic motivation inventory
LCD group | 3D VR group | ||
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Cohen’s U3 [CI] | Cohen’s U3 [CI] | Mac-Skilling | |
session 1 vs 10 | session 1 vs 10 | p | |
Interest / Enjoyment | 0,5 [0,1-0,8] | 0,5 [0,4-0,9] | 0,995 |
Effort / Importance | 0,5 [0,5-0,5] | 0,8 [0,5-0,9] | 0,418 |
Perceived competence | 0,8 [0,2-1,0] | 0,9 [0,5-1,0] |
0,037*
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Pressure / Tension | 0,3 [0,1-0,7] | 0,5 [0,0-1,0] | 0,422 |