Retraining function in people with Parkinson’s disease using the Microsoft kinect: game design and pilot testing

Table 2 Order and description of game levels

Order	Reaching towards fruit	Stepping to avoid obstacles
1	Either hand	-
2	Conditional: Left hand apples, right hand pears	-
3	-	Learning to “drive” the tractor up and down (stepping forwards and backwards) and sideways (stepping left and right).
4	-	Sideways
5⁺	Either hand	Sideways
6	Conditional: Left hand apples, right hand pears	Sideways
7	-	Forwards and backwards
8	Either hand	Forwards and backwards
9	Conditional: Left hand apples, right hand pears	Forwards and backwards
10	-	Sideways, forwards and backwards
11	Either hand	Sideways, forwards and backwards
12*	Conditional: Left hand apples, right hand pears	Sideways, forwards and backwards
5⁺	Conditional: Left hand apples, right hand pears	Sideways

*See attachment 1 for a video example of gameplay; ⁺Participants who progressed through all of the levels also played level 5 again to establish whether they improved with practice.

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