Exergames to promote physical activity and mobility in inpatient long-term nursing-An overview

Abstract

Maintaining and promoting mobility is akey objective and central goal of nursing care. Active video games or so-called exergames can also be used for this purpose. In the group of older people some studies showed indications of positive effects with respect to mobility. In this article the focus is on studies that examined the use of exergames for the purpose of maintaining or promoting physical activity and mobility in the setting of long-term inpatient nursing. In summary, aliterature search in databases indicated that individual studies on this topic found indications of positive effects: however, the informative value of the results is limited due to their heterogeneity and small samples.