Can Nintendo Wii Help You Lose Weight?
July 12, 2009 by Mohamed
Filed under Weight Loss
Since the Nintendo Wii came out a few years ago, a lot has been written about it – whether it aides in fitness and weight loss, or is it just another gimmick. There are many articles, both positive and negative. Here is a round-up of a few stores related to the Nintendo Wii and its health and wellness benefits, or how it is being used by the health/fitness and medical community.
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Wii Fit A Promising Tool For All Ages, Though Game’s Health Measurements Are Flawed
ScienceDaily (Jan. 8, 2009) — While some emerging technologies can create environments that require very little physical effort, one Kansas State University researcher thinks games like Nintendo’s Wii Fit can help promote physical rather than sedentary activities for people of all ages.
URL – http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106181733.htm
Nintendo Wii May Enhance Parkinson’s Treatment
ScienceDaily (June 12, 2009) — The Nintendo Wii may help treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, including depression, a Medical College of Georgia researcher says.
URL – http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090611120744.htm
Nintendo Wii With A New Mission: Wiimote As An Interface Bridging Mind And Body
ScienceDaily (Mar. 9, 2008) — The Nintendo Wii is an immensely popular source of videogame entertainment, but more recently, it has been adapted for a number of different uses, such as a tool for physical therapy and as a form of exercise for geriatrics. New research from the University of Memphis has found another use: psychological experimentation. By integrating the Nintendo Wiimote with a laboratory computer, psychologist Rick Dale and his student collaborators were able to extract rich information about a person’s reaching movements while they performed a learning task.
URL – http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080304200905.htm
Popular Gaming System May Offer Radiologists An Alternative Way To View Patient Images
ScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2009) — The popular Wii gaming remote may offer radiologists a fun, alternative method to using a standard mouse and keyboard to navigate through patient images, according to a study performed at the New-York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, NY. The remote may also offer radiologists relief from repetitive motion injuries as a result of using a mouse and keyboard.
URL – http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423132649.htm
