Video Games and Hip-hop Music Helps Elderly Recover
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：世界各地新闻集锦
Video games and hip 1-hop music are unlikely tools for doctors hoping to improve the health of senior citizens. But Australian researchers are showing how virtual fun can help with accident prevention and care for the elderly.
Our reporter Li Dong has more.
Australian doctors are discovering how technology can be used to help their older patients keep healthy.
By using the latest gaming technology, health workers can encourage older patients to do more exercise and improve their mobility 2 in order to prevent further injury.
Susan Gaden lost a degree of mobility after suffering a bone fracture. She says she would have benefited from the technology:
"I had a hip replacement 3 12 months ago and that sort of technology would have been very useful in my rehabilitation 4."
Dr Stuart Smith from Neuroscience Research Australia says using technology makes a big difference to how people feel about exercise:
"If you put a game controller in people's hands or get them to stand in front of a video game system that can track their movement, then they'll keep doing their exercises."
The technology has been designed for older patients to use safely and easily. Dr Smith says it's about finding suitable exertion 5 levels:
"We can put into the game music that older people like. Now, one old guy that works with me really likes hip-hop music, so I've got to try and make a version of the game that's not going to break his neck."
One in three Australians aged 6 over 65 have a fall in their home each year. Few make a complete recovery. Dr Stuart Smith has found games that focus on dance steps that can help the elderly with their balance and co-ordination.
Other applications for the technology are on the way. Researchers say specially 7 tailored games could help manage weight problems and cerebral 8 palsy.
Educating health workers in other areas such as fire safety management could also be introduced via software.
Dr Mukesh Haikerwal is from the E-health Transition Authority, a body that electronically collects and exchanges health information.
He says embracing new technology is a significant part of health reform.
"Australia has been coming to the forefront of this area because of the way in which we're doing the rollout of health reform and using technology in that process."
It's hoped Australia's pending 9 national broadband network will fuel the way for more high-tech 10 health solutions.
For CRI, I am Li Dong.
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
- The new coats blouse gracefully above the hip line.新外套在臀围线上优美地打着褶皱。
- The difference in regional house prices acts as an obstacle to mobility of labour.不同地区房价的差异阻碍了劳动力的流动。
- Mobility is very important in guerrilla warfare.机动性在游击战中至关重要。
- We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
- They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。
- He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
- No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
- We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture.我们搬动家具大费气力，累得大汗淋漓。
- She was hot and breathless from the exertion of cycling uphill.由于用力骑车爬坡，她浑身发热。
- He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
- He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。
- They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
- The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。
- Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
- He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。
- The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
- He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。