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Check out the process we followed to create a set of Exergames for multidimensional fitness training of a healthy older adult population in Madeira (https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/g4h.2018.0028).
"Lessons Learned from Gamifying Functional Fitness Training Through Human-Centered Design Methods in Older Adults" by John Edison Muñoz, Afonso Gonçalves, Élvio Rúbio Gouveia, Mónica S. Cameirão, and Sergi Bermúdez i Badia ... See MoreSee Less
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Abstract Background: The design of meaningful and enjoyable Exergames for fitness training in older adults possesses critical challenges in matching user's needs and motivators with game elements. ...1 week ago ·
We are very proud to contribute with our VR technologies to SESARAM's new Cognitive Rehabilitation project. With this newly created cognitive rehabilitation unit, Madeira has one of the few public health systems where VR technologies for the rehabilitation after brain damage have been integrated into the standard clinical praxis.
Congratulations Jean Claude Fernandes and everybody involved! ... See MoreSee Less
SESARAM implementa projecto de reabilitação cognitiva para dar resposta às lesões encefálicas
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O Secretário Regional da Saúde apresentou hoje o projecto de ‘Reabilitação Cognitiva’ da autoria do médico do SESARAM, John Claude Fernandes, que pass...2 weeks ago ·
Our latest work on the use of Exergames for fitness in the older population is out (https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00371-019-01736-0)
Gonçalves, A. R., Muñoz, J. E., Gouveia, É. R., da Silva Cameirão, M., & i Badia, S. B. (2019). Effects of prolonged multidimensional fitness training with exergames on the physical exertion levels of older adults. The Visual Computer, 1-12. ... See MoreSee Less
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While exergames have been used with older adults in an attempt to promote higher physical activity (PA) levels, and its subsequent health benefits, there is a lack of research that objectively...3 weeks ago ·
This week, the NeuroRehabLab at UMa/MITI had a strong presence at the International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation 2019, the official conference of the International Society for Virtual Rehabilitation, in Tel Aviv, Israel. We presented the following papers:
"Impact of Game Mode on Engagement and Social Involvement in Multi-User Serious Games with Stroke Patients" by Fábio Pereira, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Carolina Jorge and Mónica da Silva Cameirão.
"Comparing adaptive cognitive training in virtual reality and paper-and-pencil in a sample of stroke patients" by Ana Lúcia Faria, Teresa Paulino and Sergi Bermúdez i Badia.
"Inter- and Intra-Hemispheric EEG Connectivity in Healthy Subjects and Chronic Stroke Survivors" by Diego Andrés Blanco Mora, Sergi Bermúdez i Badia, Yuri Almeida and Carolina Jorge Vieira.
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Mónica Cameirão and Fábio Pereira talk about the NeuroRehabLab at UMa/MITI research at the RTP program celebrating the 600 years of Madeira on July 1st 2019.Mónica Cameirão and Fábio Pereira talk about the NeuroRehabLab research at the RTP program celebrating the 600 years of Madeira on July 1st 2019. ... See MoreSee Less
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