MightyU - 一个基于传感器的便携式视频游戏应用程序,用于对患有脑的儿童和青少年进行运动训练
Lynn Eitner1, Lennart Lücke1,2, Elnaz Farshadfar3
1Department of Neuropaediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
PloS one
|February 4, 2026
概括
针对脑儿童的电脑游戏MightyU在家庭研究中表现出高兴度和良好的可用性. 这种创新的治疗工具有效地改善了肌肉训练结果和患者参与度.
科学领域:
- 儿科康复儿童康复中心
- 辅助技术 辅助技术 辅助技术
- 基于游戏的治疗方法
背景情况:
- 保持日常家庭肌肉训练的动机对于患有脑 (CP) 的儿童至关重要,以防止治疗疲劳.
- 一个新的基于计算机的工具MightyU被开发出来,通过运动控制的游戏方式来应对这一挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估MightyU游戏在家庭肌肉训练中对患有CP的儿童的可行性,短期有效性和接受度.
- 评估MightyU在不同程度的运动障碍中的可用性和影响.
主要方法:
- 19名患有脑膜炎的儿童在家中使用MightyU一周,通过表面电肌图传感器检测到肌肉激活,控制游戏中的行为.
- 通过参与拒绝率,自愿的家庭使用和来自游戏体验问卷 (GEQ) 的反来评估可行性.
- 用户可用性使用系统可用性量表 (SUS) 进行评估,训练有效性通过游戏内硬币收集量的增加来衡量.
主要成果:
- MightyU得到了很好的接受,在21名儿童中,有19名儿童完成了研究,没有任何不良影响,无论残疾严重程度或之前的游戏经验,都表现出高度兴趣.
- 儿童报告的游戏体验比他们的父母更为积极,良好的感知可用性表明儿童的SUS中位数为83.3%,父母的SUS中位数为79.2%.
- 经过一周的训练,收集的硬币数量显著增加了41%,这表明肌肉激活和训练效率有所改善.
结论:
- MightyU为患有CP的儿童提供了一个有前途的,开创性的治疗选择,显示了基本的兴趣和高用户满意度.
- 该工具的可用性和引人入胜的性质有可能提高患者的自主性和在家庭肌肉训练计划中的遵守.
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