Truls Johansen, Vegard Strøm, Jelena Simic, Per-Ola Rike
Unit for Traumatic brain injuries, Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital, 1453 Nesoddtangen, Norway. E-mail: uxjrul@sunnaas.no
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2633

Objective: To examine the effect of motion-controlled commercial video games compared with traditional occupational and physiotherapy methods for hand and arm function in persons of all ages with cerebral palsy.
Data sources: A systematic literature search was conducted in Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, OTseeker and PEDro for randomized controlled trials involving persons with cerebral palsy using motion-controlled commercial video games as a training method for hand and arm function, compared with traditional therapy.
Study selection and data extraction: Screening, data-extraction, risk of bias and quality assessment was carried out independently by 2 of the authors. The risk of bias of each study was assessed using the Cochrane Collaborations Risk of Bias Tool. The quality of evidence was assessed using Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE).
Data synthesis: Eight randomized controlled trials, with a total of 262 participants, were included. A random effects meta-analysis showed a statistically significant difference compared to traditional therapy methods in favour of motion-controlled commercial video games. The quality of the evidence was, however, rated as very low.
Conclusion: Despite a significantly greater improvement in hand and arm function in favour of motion-controlled commercial video games, the results of this review should be interpreted with caution with regards to high risk of bias and the low strength of evidence. There is a need for high-powered studies on the effectiveness of training with motion-controlled commercial video games for persons with cerebral palsy, especially in adults.

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of motion-controlled commercial video games compared to traditional occupational- and physiotherapy methods on hand and arm function in persons with cerebral palsy. This review has investigated what the already existing Research have found on this subject and the results have been pooled to get a broader view of what effect this Method has for People living With cerebral palsy. The results of this study shows that motion-controlled commercial video games have a greater effect on hand and arm function compared to traditional therapy methods. Which means that motion-controlled commercial video games can be a good Method of training as an addition to traditional methods for therapists working With People With cerebral palsy.

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