A novel
video game that will enable patients recovering from stroke to engage and play
as a form of rehabilitation has been developed .T he video game called Ballone Buddies is
designed to level the playing field by
allowing healthy participants to support the less –abled player.
The finding
showed that the performance of the patient was boosted when they played with a
healthy volunteer, compared to if they found that the poorer a patient’s single
player performance was ,the greater the improvement seen when they played with another during
dual-player mode .This type of collaboration makes it more rewarding for the
less-abled partner ,more challenging for the better partner, and overall more
fun for both, as they have to continuously work together to score points,
researchers said. The study was published in the journal of Neuro Engineering
and Rehabilitation
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