Comparing HandTutor dedicated rehabilitation to the Wii general exercise system

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/painter/2010-02-22-yourhealth22_ST_N.htm


The article from the USA today details so-called "Wiiitis" described as sore wrists and shoulders from overuse of the Nintendo Wii game's motion-sensitive remote even in healthy exercising individuals. These soft tissue injuries such as tendonitis are probably caused by overuse of gross motor movement and general exercise.

This can be compared to the MediTouch HandTutor dedicated rehabilitation software. the HandTutor works on the concept of repetitive fine motor, finger and wrist, isolated and combined exercises. The dedicated rehabilitation software allows the therapist to customize the games to the patients. All aspects of the exercise task can be customized such as difficulty and time to play for the game. This prevents overuse injuries however at the same time the physiotherapy and occupational therapy designed games are motivating and challenging for the patient.