Development of a PC game to support expiratory muscle training
K. Ishihara, K. Uekado, T. Fukuoka
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AbstractRespiratory rehabilitation improves dyspnea, exercise tolerance, anxiety and depression, and improves health-related quality of life and health status (The Japan Society for Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation, Japanese Society for Respiratory Physical Therapy, The Japanese Respiratory Society, 2018). Expiratory muscle training (EMT) has been shown to increase maximum expiratory pressure, improve respiratory function, ventilatory function, and exercise capacity, and reduce dyspnea during inspiratory loading, daily activities, and exercise. A device using a valve to apply constant expiratory resistance or a party horn is often used for EMT. However, many dropouts occur even during one to two months of respiratory rehabilitation in the elderly. The authors therefore created a PC game as an alternative to party horn, aiming to maintain motivation. At the beginning of the game, the maximum pressure is measured, and then several game scenes are developed in a virtual storyline that imposes a load of 75% of the maximum pressure of exhalation; hereafter abbreviated as PEmax. Each scene provides animated visual feedback and a score to indicate achievement.Keywords: respiratory rehabilitation, EMT, game, Unity, exhalation sensor
K. Ishihara, K. Uekado, T. Fukuoka (2022). Development of a PC game to support expiratory muscle training. Gerontechnology, 21(s),1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.545.opp3