Monday, June 29, 2015

Kinect: Clinician's Resource

Resource development
Levac, D., Espy, D., Fox, E., Pradhan, S. & Deutsch, J. E.
"Kinect-ing" with Clinicians: A Knowledge Translation Resource to Support Decision Making About Video Game Use in Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy 2015;95:426-440.

Link to abstract: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25256741

Problem: There is a perceived need for support to use of Kinect clinically.

Objective: “…development and preliminary evaluation of a knowledge translation resource to support clinical decision making about selection and use of Kinect games in physical therapy”.

Process: Interviews or focus groups were conducted with 16 clinician participants over 4 sites.

Outcome: Production of “Kinecting With Clinicians Resource (KWIC). Categories include game selection (player or game driven, stability, mobility, mobility plus); game play (spatial accuracy, temporal accuracy, duration, cognitive operators, augmented feedback, progression, score).