Video Game Technology Measures Movement in Muscular Dystrophy Patients From: Medical Design Technology - 01/13/2015 Researchers at Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a way to measure upper extremity movement in patients with muscular dystrophy using interactive video game technology. Their hope is to expand inclusion criteria for clinical trials to incorporate patients using wheelchairs. Ability Captured through Interactive Video Evaluation, or ACTIVE-seated technology, utilizes a Kinect gaming camera, found in Xbox consoles. With a patient-requested zombie theme, the game requires the boys to reach with their arms in various directions to push forward a force field. The Kinect camera and ACTIVE-seated software measures how far and how long the boys reach. Measuring change over time is a primary goal. The development of the game relied almost entirely on the patients. Read the entire article at: http://www.mdtmag.com/news/2015/01/video-game-technology-measures-movement-muscular-dystrophy-patients Links: Video Game Technology Helps Measure Upper Extremity Movement in Patients with Muscular Dystrophy http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/news-room-articles/video-game-technology-helps-measure-upper-extremity-movement-in--patients-with-muscular-dystrophy?contentid=136937 Video Game Technology Helps Measure Movement (video 1:44) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaQ18lN_o2g&feature=youtu.be