Table 5 Pilot Study Experiment Settings
From: Recent advances in rehabilitation for Parkinson’s Disease with Exergames: A Systematic Review
Author | Participants (n,age,sex (men),duration (y), MDS-UPDRS) | Inclusion Criteria | Exclusion Criteria | Aim | Sensor / Platform | Game | Intervention | Control Group? | Setting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Summa et al. (2013) [44] | N: 5 Age (y): 60–76 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided | • PD Diagnosis | Evaluate the feasibility of Kinect-based rehabilitation exercises | Kinect | Custom Game, Whole body movement to reach target | 10 sessions, 2 per week, 40 min each Total time: 6.67 h | No | Supervised | |
Palacios-Navarro et al. (2015) [45] | N: 7 Age (y): 66.8 Sex (men): 3 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided | • MMSE > = 24 • No uncontrolled chronic diseases | • Other neurological diseases • History of falls | Evaluate the feasibility of the proposed scenario | Kinect | Custom game, Mole Hunt with lateral leg movements | 4 sessions per week during 5 weeks, 30 min per session Total time: 10 h | No | Supervised by a caregiver |
Summa et al. (2015) [46] | N: 7 Age (y): 67 Sex (men): 5 Duration (y): 5 MDS-UPDRS: 15 + − 10 | • PD Diagnosis • Ability to stand up and walk a few steps without aid | • Other neurological diseases • Severe receptive aphasia • Inability to perform TUG | Evaluate the improvement in movement speed | Kinect | Custom Game, body movements to reach target | 2 sessions per week during 5 weeks, 40 min per session Total time: 6.67 h | No | Supervised |
Goncalves et al. (2014) [47] | N: 15 Age(y): 68.70 Sex (men): 7 Duration (y): 7.3 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided | • PD Diagnosis • H&Y Scale II-IV | • Dementia or mental disorders • Changes in medication | Analyze the effect of virtual sensorimotor activity on gait disorders of PD patients | WBB | Wii Fit Plus | 2 sessions per week during 7 weeks, 40 min per session Total time: 9,33 h | No | Supervised |
Pompeu et al. (2015) [48] | N: 6 Age (y): 61 Sex (men): 4 MDS-UPDRS: 15 (Motor) | • PD Diagnosis • H&Y Scale I-III • MMSE > = 20 • BBS > = 46 | • Uncontrolled Hypertension • Heart conditions • Seizures • Orthopedic or neurological diseases • Visual or auditory alterations | Evaluate the use of Kinect Adventures Games on PD Rehabilitation | Kinect | Kinect Adventures Games: SpacePop, 20,000 Leaks, Reflex Ridge and River Rush | 3 sessions per week during 4 weeks (total of 14), 60 min per session Total time: 12 h | No | Supervised |
Pompeu et al. (2014) [49] | N: 7 Age (y): 72 Sex (men): 6 MDS-UPDRS: 33.6 | Same as above (Except H&Y Scale II-III) | Same as above | Assess the feasibility, safety and outcomes of Kinect PD rehabilitation | Kinect | Same as above | Same as above | No | Supervised |
Negrini et al. (2017) [50] | N: 27 Age (y): 66 Sex (men): 14 | • PD Diagnosis • Able to walk • MMSE > = 26 • Tinetti Balance Scale > 5 • BBS > = 19 • Limitation in activities of daily living | • Cognitive inability to participate • Presence of lower limb problems • History of falls • Cerebrovascular lesions • Other diseases | Evaluate the impact of 10 vs 15 sessions of Wii Fit | WBB | Wii Fit, Wii Balance | 2 or 3 sessions per week during 5 weeks, 20 min per session of Wii Fit and 10 min of Wii Balance Total time: 5 h | No | Supervised |
Nuic et al. (2018) [51] | N: 10 Age (y): 64.2 Sex (men): 5 MDS-UPDRS: 20.3 (Motor) | • PD Diagnosis • Age < 71 • Presence of FOG • MMSE > = 24 | • Inability to walk independently • Other diseases | Determine the feasibility of a custom videogame to treat gait and balance disorders | Kinect | Custom Game, body movements to reach target | 3 sessions per week during 6 weeks. Time increases from 15 min (first session) to 40 min (9th session and onwards) Total Time: 11 h (Approximation) | No | Supervised |
Cikajlo et al. (2018) [52] | N: 28 Age (y): 68 Sex (men): 12 MDS-UPDRS: 29.54 (Motor) | • PD Diagnosis • H&Y Scale II-III • MMSE > 24 | • None specified | Evaluate a Kinect-based telerehabilitation system | Kinect | Custom Game, use arm movements to reach target | Training in clinical setting, followed by 2–3 weeks of 30–60 min sessions | No | Unsupervised (with training) |
Pradhan (2018) [53] | N: 3 Age (y): 65.3 Sex (men): 1 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided | • PD Diagnosis • No concurrent neurological disease • Able to walk | • None specified | Evaluate the use of Kinect for PD Rehabilitation | Kinect | Kinect commercial games: Your shape Fitness Evolved, Brain and Body Connection, Kinect Adventures | 60 min sessions, with manually-controlled increasing difficulty, for 3 weeks. Total time: Unspecified | No | Supervised |
Alves et al. (2018) [54] | N: 27 Age (y): 61 Sex (men): 25 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided | • PD Diagnosis • H&Y Scale I-III • MMSE > = 24 • Stable medication • Good visual/auditory acuity | • Other disorders • Previous experience with Wii or Kinect • Geriatric depression score > 6 | Compare the effect of Wii and Kinect in PD rehabilitation | WBB, Kinect | Wii Fit Plus Kinect Adventures Your Shape: Fitness Evolved | 2 sessions per week during 5 weeks, 60 min per session Total time: 10 h | Yes | Supervised |