http://clipmarks.com/clipper/caissie_tab/tag/brain/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/caissie_tab/tag/brain/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B1DADCBE-F80C-433A-8394-D9AB0E728FFE/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/caissie_tab/">caissie_tab</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071206/tecnology/tech_videogames_therapy_tech_col" title="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071206/tecnology/tech_videogames_therapy_tech_col">ca.news.yahoo.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/caissie_tab/512/30769C3B-1032-4782-A6E1-12E31809687C.jpg" alt="Seniors at the Greenspring Village Community in Springfield, Virginia, watch a resident bowl with the community's new Wii videogame setup March 22, 2007. Therapists at Ohio State University Medical Center's Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Hospital in Columbus use the Wii's tennis, golf, bowling, baseball and boxing games -- which require patients to mimic real-world play while holding a motion-sensing controller -- for physical therapy. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Franklin Perry used to spend hours performing video game feats with his thumbs but lately he has been using the Nintendo Wii, and the rest of his body, to regain his strength after suffering a stroke.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>"I'm just now getting some movement back," said Perry, who before entering the center logged his game time at on a Sony PlayStation 2 home console or in shopping mall arcades.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>Robbie Winget, an occupational therapist who oversees use of the Wii at Dodd Hall, said news that a rehab hospital in Alberta, Canada, was using the popular new video game system sparked the idea.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>The hospital has been using the Wii for about four months to help people recovering from strokes and spinal cord or traumatic brain injuries, according to Winget.</P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P>All the patients at Dodd Hall usually undergo a total of three hours of daily therapy and work with the video game system for about 30 minutes per day two to three times per week.</P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/nintendo/" rel="tag">nintendo</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/wii/" rel="tag">wii</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/recovery/" rel="tag">recovery</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/patients/" rel="tag">patients</a></div>http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/071206/tecnology/tech_videogames_therapy_tech_colSat, 08 Dec 2007 22:05:12 GMThttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/8A3E2122-C178-4FFF-8A22-9D6A4D2D4BAC/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/caissie_tab/">caissie_tab</a><br><b>clipper's remarks:</b> Harder than it sounds <br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://pgobeil.com/blog/2005/08/_melez_votre_cerveau.html" title="http://pgobeil.com/blog/2005/08/_melez_votre_cerveau.html">pgobeil.com</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/caissie_tab/512/00AED9DB-87AF-4004-9DC6-F8BBC169FCFD.jpg" alt="colors" /><br /></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/puzzle/" rel="tag">puzzle</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/brain/" rel="tag">brain</a></div>http://pgobeil.com/blog/2005/08/_melez_votre_cerveau.htmlFri, 30 Nov 2007 02:26:01 GMT