Daily Mail article: Wii games to help stroke victims

Daily Mail did some investigation on the healthy aspects of the [tag]Nintendo[/tag] Wii and use some of the recent studies dat prove that the Wii can help stroke victims recover. Many doctors have discovered that videogames, and especially the games for Wii, help patients rewire the brain after it has been damaged by a blood clot. [tag]Wii[/tag] games are the best games to play to recover since most of these games involve physical movements.

German clinicians are working on methods to recover injured soldiers by letting them play with the [tag]Nintendo[/tag] Wii. American experts call the Wii a fun and cheap form of therapy, and Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis researchers are experimenting on patients who find conventional exercises too tedious. Jerry Pope, aged 77 and extennis player, suffered a stroke in June and ended up in the hospital for 13 days and then he discovered the [tag]Wii[/tag] that allowed him to play virtual tennis. Matthew White, the occupational therapist who was looking after Jerry, said that his timing, arm movements and reaction improved significantly thanks to Wii Tennis.

Source: Daily Mail

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