What are the cognitive and motor benefits of using the GameCycle?
Benefits include visual-motor integration as the participant matches upper extremity movement to visual feedback from the videogame. Also, bilateral integration or hemiplegic neglect is addressed because both arms must work in unison to control the game. Because the steering sensitivity of the GameCycle can be adjusted, forward and reverse crank speeds required to achieve maximum object speed can be adjusted, and because each game has a variety of “challenge” levels, there is maximum flexibility as users’ motor abilities improve.
