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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether Wii Sports Resort training is effective and if
any benefits are maintained. DESIGN: Randomized, single-blind trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-two hemiplegic children with cerebral palsy (6-13 years).
INTERVENTION: Experimental group undertook six weeks of home-based Wii Sports
Resort training plus usual therapy, while the control group received usual
therapy. MAIN MEASURES: Outcomes were coordination, strength, hand function, and
carers' perception of hand function, measured at baseline, six, and 12 weeks by a
blinded assessor. RESULTS: There was a trend of mean difference (MD) for the
experimental group to have more grip strength by six (MD 4.0 N, 95% confidence
interval (CI) -0.8 to 8.8, p = 0.10) and 12 (MD 4.1 N, 95% CI -2.1 to 10.3, p =
0.19) weeks, and to have a higher quantity of hand function according to carers'
perception by six (MD 4.5 N, 95% CI -0.7 to 9.7, p = 0.09) and strengthened by 12
(MD 6.4, 95% CI 0.6 to 12.3, p = 0.03) weeks than the control group. There was no
difference between groups in coordination and hand function by six or 12 weeks.
CONCLUSION: Wii training did not improve coordination, strength, or hand
function. Beyond the intervention, carers perceived that the children used their
hands more.
CI - (c) The Author(s) 2014.

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