Videogames as Cerebral Palsy Therapy

The Herald News (New Jersey) reports on uses of specially designed haptic-feedback video games to aid in therapy for cerebral palsy patients:

Scientists have shown how one-on-one physical therapy can rewire the brain so it can move once limp limbs. [...] But positive results come only after long periods of tedious, focused and repetitive exercise sessions. [...]

The therapy is also costly, and most insurance providers will only pony up part of the tab. One estimate for treating CP over a lifetime has a price tag of $800,000. But game-based therapies could drive down costs because therapists would not always need to be present to guide a patient. They also could monitor several patients at once.

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