Queen's University Belfast

Developing Customised Serious Games for Parkinson's Disease Rehabilitation: Design Guidelines

The development of bespoke serious games for Parkinson’s disease motor rehabilitation addresses the critical limitations of commercial off-the-shelf software, which frequently lacks the clinical adaptability required for patients with fluctuating motor impairments.

• Bespoke serious games for Parkinson’s rehabilitation outperform commercial off-the-shelf software by allowing for the clinical adaptability required to address fluctuating motor impairments.
• Effective rehabilitation design requires a three-layer architecture consisting of motion capture, dynamic gameplay, and remote clinical monitoring.
• Games modeled after familiar, real-world activities—such as rowing—generate significantly higher patient motivation compared to abstract gameplay concepts.