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Rehabilitation is now more costly than ever and novel solutions are needed to cope with such increasing costs. Exergames at home can be a viable solution, allowing the patients to exercise in the comfort of their own home while playing simple games. However, to provide all the functionalities that a traditional therapy would, an adequate architecture is needed: the exergames should provide, in addition to the game itself, monitoring, tracking, configuration, adaptation and motivation. We show how integrating computational intelligence inside a game engine, full gamification of rehabilitation sessions can be achieved.
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Pirovano, M., Mainetti, R., Lanzi, P.L., Borghese, N.A. (2014). Game Engines and Exergames to Guide Rehabilitation at Home. In: Jensen, W., Andersen, O., Akay, M. (eds) Replace, Repair, Restore, Relieve – Bridging Clinical and Engineering Solutions in Neurorehabilitation. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08072-7_25
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