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A Modern Approach to Personalize Exergames for the Physical Rehabilitation of Children Suffering from Lumbar Spine

Authors : Cristian Gómez-Portes, Carmen Lacave, Ana I. Molina, David Vallejo, Santiago Sánchez-Sobrino

Published in: Enterprise Information Systems

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Physical rehabilitation of people with injuries or illnesses related to the lumbar spine involves an intensive treatment to reduce pain or improve mobility. Research studies have evidenced the benefits of complementing the patient’s regular treatment with exercise routines at home. However, in the case of children and adolescents, there is a risk of abandoning the exercise routine if it is not motivating enough. Currently, there is a trend which consists in using games for rehabilitation exercises, called exergames, as a possible solution for motivating patients while they perform physical rehabilitation. However, both customizing and creating them is still a task that requires considerable investment both in time and effort. Thus, this paper presents a language along with a system based on the physical rehabilitation of children suffering from some sort of lower back pain, which enables the customization and the automatic generation of exergames. We have conducted an experiment with children for evaluating the capabilities of our approach. The obtained results show that the tool is fun, interesting and easy to use.

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Title: A Modern Approach to Personalize Exergames for the Physical Rehabilitation of Children Suffering from Lumbar Spine
Authors: Cristian Gómez-Portes
Carmen Lacave
Ana I. Molina
David Vallejo
Santiago Sánchez-Sobrino
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Enterprise Information Systems
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-75417-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-75418-1

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75418-1_35

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