Literature Reviews

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

• Stroke Therapy through Motion-Based Games: A Case Study

  Gazihan Alankus, Rachel Proffitt, Caitlin Kelleher, Jack Engsberg (2011) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This case study explores the long-term home use of motion-based video games for stroke rehabilitation—an area where prior research focused mainly on clinical settings or short-term evaluations. The participant was a 62-year-old woman with hemiparesis…

  • stroke rehabilitation
  • motor impairment
  • game-based therapy
  • motion sensing
  • hemiparesis
  • home-based therapy
  • assistive technology

• Towards Efficacy-Centered Game Design Patterns For Brain Injury Rehabilitation: A Data-Driven Approach

  Jinghui Cheng, Cynthia Putnam, Doris C. Rusch (2015) — ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility

  This paper presents a data-driven methodology for generating game design patterns specific to brain injury (BI) rehabilitation, addressing a communication gap between game designers and therapists. Brain injury affects approximately 6.4 million US ch…

  • brain injury
  • rehabilitation
  • game design
  • serious games
  • design patterns
  • physical therapy
  • cognitive rehabilitation
  • game-based therapy