Computer Games Help People with Parkinson's Disease
From: UCSF News Center - 10/19/2011
By: Elizabeth Fernandez

Playing computer-based physical therapy games can help people with
Parkinson’s disease improve their gait and balance, according to a new pilot
study led by the UCSF School of Nursing and Red Hill Studios, a California
serious games developer. 

More than half the subjects in the three-month research project showed small
improvements in walking speed, balance, and stride length. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2011/10/10802/computer-games-help-people-parkinsons-disease
http://nursing.ucsf.edu/news/computer-games-help-people-parkinsons-disease

Links:
Red Hill Studios - Parkinson's Games videos
http://www.redhillstudios.com/#/projects/games/pdwii/

UCSF School of Nursing
http://nursing.ucsf.edu/