What is it about?
Verify whether individuals with DMD improve their motor performance when undertaking a visual motor task using a smartphone game.
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Why is it important?
In individuals severely affected with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), virtual reality has recently been used as a tool to enhance community interaction. Smartphones offer the exciting potential to improve communication, access, and participation, and present the unique opportunity to directly deliver functionality to people with disabilities.
Perspectives
This study indicates that individuals with DMD showed improved performance in a short-term motor learning protocol using a smartphone. We advocate that this technology could be used to promote function in this population.
Carlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro
Universidade de São Paulo
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This page is a summary of: Improvements in motor tasks through the use of smartphone technology for individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, August 2017, Dove Medical Press,
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s125466.
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