Abstract In this paper we present a review of the most current avenues of research into
Kinect-based elderly care and stroke rehabilitation systems to provide an overview of the …

Background: Serious games are a support in the rehabilitation process for treating people
with physical disabilities. However, many of these serious games are not adapted to the …

Several studies have shown that game-based rehabilitation is a viable option to improve the
treatment of patients with physical disabilities. Even though many games are built focusing …

Video games, as an entertaining media, dates back to the '50s and their hardware device
underwent a long evolution starting from hand-made devices such as the “cathode-ray tube …

The increasing availability of advanced but affordable technologies is providing interesting
opportunities for the development of ICT applications for the social good. In particolar, the …

Virtual Reality based rehabilitation is much based on sensing devices that capture and
quantitatively assess the patients' movements to track their progress more accurately. There …

Stroke is one of the most disabling diseases today, so investigating methods for
rehabilitation of post-stroke patients is of utmost importance. Thus, significant benefits can …

The present chapter will provide an example of an intervention evaluation from the joint
viewpoints of patient engagement and user experience. The authors evaluated H-CIM, a …

The population is getting older, and the resources for care will be even more limited in the
future than they are now. There is thus an aim for the society that the seniors can manage …

The game industry is continuing to grow and users can enjoy this kind of products on diverse
platforms (eg, PC, game consoles, smartphones, tablets). While there are many developers …