Dec 09 2008
Therapist uses Nintendo Wii in customized rehab therapy for injured reservist
From google.com (Canadian Press):
The scene isn’t playing out against enemy combatants in a war zone but on a large TV at St. John’s Rehab Hospital, where the injured reservist is taking aim at animated images darting onto and off of the screen.
But there’s an added dimension to the device he’s using to take out his pixelated targets: the remote is housed inside a replica of the gun he carries on the front lines.
Phillips is testing out an innovative, customized therapy incorporating the Nintendo Wii video gaming system in an effort to simulate his real-life combat experience.
Occupational therapist Terrence Yuen said it was a conversation with his son that sparked the idea of creating a toy model of a gun to house the Wii control Phillips could use in a rehab training exercise.
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The scene isn’t playing out against enemy combatants in a war zone but on a large TV at St. John’s Rehab Hospital, where the injured reservist is taking aim at animated images darting onto and off of the screen.




