Nintendo Wii Now Used By Therapists


	Nintendo Wii Now Used By Therapists

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12-7-2007 2:36 PM

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Franklin Perry used to spend hours performing <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="4859252">video <NOBR>game<IMG src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/1.gif" /></NOBR></A> feats with his thumbs but lately he has been using the Nintendo Wii, and the rest of his body, to regain his strength after suffering a stroke.
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The 51-year-old, who had a stroke about three weeks ago, has been working hard to rebuild the muscles in his immobilized right side at Ohio State University Medical Center's Dodd Hall Rehabilitation Hospital in Columbus.
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"I'm just now getting some movement back," said Perry, who before entering the center logged his <A class="iAs" classname="iAs" href="#" target="_blank" itxtdid="4788500"><NOBR>game<IMG src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/1.gif" /></NOBR></A> time at on a Sony PlayStation 2 home console or in shopping mall arcades.
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Robbie Winget, an occupational therapist who oversees use of the Wii at Dodd Hall, said news that a rehab hospital in Alberta, Canada, was using the popular new video game system sparked the idea.
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