WiiHab Really Helping Folks - How Nintendo Wii Game Machine is Helping Heal People…

On the news I caught a segment about how much the Nintendo Wii game console is helping to rehabilitate injured soldiers, the elderly, or other people who are getting better from some sort of accident.

It was very inspiring…

They showed a black woman who could barely move her hand subsequently playing Cooking Mama. My kids love that game.

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Woodbridge seniors go to Wiihab
Inside NoVA, VA - 15 hours ago
Occupational therapist Yolonda Smoot, center, works with Potomac Place residents Lillian Hignett, left, and Takeko Stacy during a Wii therapy session that …

Patients getting into swing of ‘Wiihab’
The Herald-Times (subscription), IN - Mar 14, 2008
“Wiihab,” which involves the use of Nintendo’s Wii video game system, is becoming all the rage in nursing homes and hospitals — providing patients with a …

Forget rehab, try Nintendo ‘Wiihab‘
Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA - Feb 16, 2008
… the University of Minnesota to design a study that will measure patients’ function “before and after this ‘Wiihab,’ as someone called it,” Oddsson said. …

Nintendo Wii used for rehabilitation purposes, “Wiihab“
Daily Vidette, IL - Feb 17, 2008
These days, the Wii gaming system is being used for rehabilitation and patients are being healed through “Wiihab.” The Wii video game system is used in …

News from the virtual world
Jackson Clarion Ledger, MS - Feb 20, 2008
WANNA GO TO WIIHAB: Before the Wii came along, you didn’t see too many senior citizens playing video games. But retirement homes quickly figured out that …

Patients find physical therapy is far easier to take when using …
Pioneer Press, MN - Feb 17, 2008
Oddsson said there are limits to Wiihab, as one of his therapists dubbed it. While it helps restore balance and agility, it doesn’t necessarily focus …

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