Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• MYOLINK esports: Exploring EMG-based Control Interface through Muscle Activation and Inhibition to Enable Common Gameplay Mechanics among Players with and without Physical Disabilities

  Masato Shindo, Shiina Takano, Shuto Sako, Akihiro Miyata, Ryosuke Aoki (2026) — Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26)

  Shindo, Takano, Sako, Miyata, and Aoki (NTT and Nihon University) propose MYOLINK esports, a paradigm for inclusive competitive gaming that shifts game control from kinematic inputs (body position and posture) to kinetic inputs (muscle force). Four s…

  • esports
  • inclusive esports
  • electromyography
  • EMG
  • game accessibility
  • physical disabilities
  • spinal cord injury
  • spinal muscular atrophy
  • adaptive gaming
  • muscle-based input

• How Can Assistance and Its Disclosure Promote Fairness in Inclusive Esports?

  Shuto Sako, Tomoki Ikeda, Ryosuke Aoki, Akihiro Miyata (2025) — ASSETS '25: Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

  This paper investigates how skill assistance and its disclosure affect perceptions of fairness in inclusive esports, where players with and without disabilities compete together. The gaming industry's competitive focus has led many commercial titles …

  • gaming accessibility
  • esports
  • motor disabilities
  • player balancing
  • fairness
  • inclusive design