scholarly journals Software Engineering Frameworks Used for Serious Games Development in Physical Rehabilitation: Systematic Review (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Fernando Ambros-Antemate ◽  
María Del Pilar Beristain-Colorado ◽  
Marciano Vargas-Treviño ◽  
Jaime Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez ◽  
Pedro Antonio Hernández-Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Evidence Database ◽  
Online Library ◽  
Data Acquisition And Processing ◽  
People With Physical Disabilities

BACKGROUND Serious games are a support in the rehabilitation process for treating people with physical disabilities. However, many of these serious games are not adapted to the patient’s needs because they are not developed with a software engineering framework with a set of activities, actions, and tasks that must be executed when creating a software product. Better serious games for rehabilitation will be developed if the patient and therapist requirements are identified, the development is planned, and system improvements and feedback are involved. The goal is that the serious game must offer a more attractive environment, while maintaining patient interest in the rehabilitation process. OBJECTIVE This paper submits the results of a systematic review of serious games in physical rehabilitation identifying the benefits of using a software engineering framework. METHODS A systematic research was conducted using PubMed, PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database), IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, ACM Digital Library, Mary Ann Liebert, Taylor & Francis Online, Wiley Online Library, and Springer databases. The initial search resulted in 701 papers. After assessing the results according to the inclusion criteria, 83 papers were selected for this study. RESULTS From the 83 papers reviewed, 8 used a software engineering framework for its development. Most of them focused their efforts on 1 or more aspects, such as data acquisition and processing, game levels, motivation, therapist supervision. CONCLUSIONS This systematic review proves that most of the serious games do not use a software engineering framework for their development. As a result, development systems overlook several aspects and do not have a standardized process, eventually omitting important implementation aspects, which impact the patient’s recovery time.

scholarly journals Software Engineering Frameworks Used for Serious Games Development in Physical Rehabilitation: Systematic Review

10.2196/25831 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. e25831
Author(s):  
Jorge Fernando Ambros-Antemate ◽  
María Del Pilar Beristain-Colorado ◽  
Marciano Vargas-Treviño ◽  
Jaime Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez ◽  
Pedro Antonio Hernández-Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Evidence Database ◽  
Online Library ◽  
Data Acquisition And Processing ◽  
People With Physical Disabilities

Background Serious games are a support in the rehabilitation process for treating people with physical disabilities. However, many of these serious games are not adapted to the patient’s needs because they are not developed with a software engineering framework with a set of activities, actions, and tasks that must be executed when creating a software product. Better serious games for rehabilitation will be developed if the patient and therapist requirements are identified, the development is planned, and system improvements and feedback are involved. The goal is that the serious game must offer a more attractive environment, while maintaining patient interest in the rehabilitation process. Objective This paper submits the results of a systematic review of serious games in physical rehabilitation identifying the benefits of using a software engineering framework. Methods A systematic research was conducted using PubMed, PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database), IEEE Xplore, ScienceDirect, ACM Digital Library, Mary Ann Liebert, Taylor & Francis Online, Wiley Online Library, and Springer databases. The initial search resulted in 701 papers. After assessing the results according to the inclusion criteria, 83 papers were selected for this study. Results From the 83 papers reviewed, 8 used a software engineering framework for its development. Most of them focused their efforts on 1 or more aspects, such as data acquisition and processing, game levels, motivation, therapist supervision. Conclusions This systematic review proves that most of the serious games do not use a software engineering framework for their development. As a result, development systems overlook several aspects and do not have a standardized process, eventually omitting important implementation aspects, which impact the patient’s recovery time.

scholarly journals Use of serious games in medicine: a literature revision

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (16) ◽  
pp. e480101624208
Author(s):  
Francisco Anderson Mariano da Silva ◽  
Tiago Silva da Silva ◽  
Ezequiel Roberto Zorzal
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Medical Professionals ◽  
Cerebral Vascular Accident ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Recovery Processes ◽  
Review Articles ◽  
Cerebral Vascular

It is noticeable that more and more medical professionals have been searching for strategies to keep people engaged both in the recovery processes (cognitive or physical) and in the teaching part. It is possible to observe that the insertion of Serious Games has been offering this innovative possibility, which allows the development of new possibilities for several areas of knowledge. This study aims to carry out a review on the use of Serious Games in Medicine, exploring how the method has been used. The methodology used was a systematic review. Articles published from 2015 to 2020 in indexed in three databases such as IEEE, Scopus, Scielo, among others, were searched. If used correctly, the Serious Games can help in the rehabilitation process of patients affected by some sequelae caused by stroke (CVA - Cerebral Vascular Accident), and also in the rehabilitation process of people with degenerative problems. It was also possible to observe that SG can be used as motivating and engaging tools for medical students.

scholarly journals Teaching Method for Software Measurement Process Based on Gamification or Serious Games: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-35
Author(s):  
Lennon Sales Furtado ◽  
Rafael Ferreira de Souza ◽  
João Luís dos Reis Lima ◽  
Sandro Ronaldo Bezerra Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Software Process ◽  
Software Process Improvement ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Software Measurement ◽  
Improvement Programs

Software process improvement programs are partly founded on software measurement. However, despite their importance, it has been pointed out in the literature that many students are leaving the academic world without the necessary skills to conduct this kind of process. This can be understood by people’s attitudes to this process which is regarded as time-consuming and difficult to understand—factors that explain the lack of interest in it during a student’s academic life. In light of this, the application of serious games or gamification can show useful alternative ways of meeting this need, because the strategies they involve are well accepted by students and have a motivational and engaging effect on them. The objective of this work is to discover different approaches to the teaching of software measurement and software process improvement through gamification projects and serious games. This involves carrying out a systematic review of the literature, which is aimed at characterizing the state-of-the-art on the use of methods related to gamification and serious games in the abovementioned subjects. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to identify primary studies that address the use, planning, or evaluation of gamification, serious games, their features, and game mechanics in software engineering. We located 137 primary studies, published between 2000 and 2019. Although the use of serious games and gamification in software engineering is not recent, there still remains a large area to be explored, especially in software process improvement and software measurement. The study expands and advances the research on how serious games and gamification proposals can be used for teaching software measurement in the context of software process improvement programs by conducting a systematic review of the literature.

scholarly journals Standardizing the Development of Serious Games for Physical Rehabilitation: Conceptual Framework Proposal (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Del Pilar Beristain-Colorado ◽  
Jorge Fernando Ambros-Antemate ◽  
Marciano Vargas-Treviño ◽  
Jaime Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez ◽  
Adriana Moreno-Rodriguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Supportive Therapy ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Systematic Process ◽  
High Level ◽  
Design Construction

BACKGROUND Serious games have been used as supportive therapy for traditional rehabilitation. However, most are designed without a systematic process to guide their development from the phases of requirement identification, planning, design, construction, and evaluation, which reflect the lack of adaptation of rehabilitation requirements and thus the patient’s needs. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to propose a conceptual framework with standardized elements for the development of information systems by using a flexible and an adaptable process centered on the patient’s needs and focused on the creation of serious games for physical rehabilitation. METHODS The conceptual framework is based on 3 fundamental concepts: (1) user-centered design, which is an iterative design process focused on users and their needs at each phase of the process, (2) generic structural activities of software engineering, which guides the independent development process regardless of the complexity or size of the problem, and (3) gamification elements, which allow the transformation of obstacles into positive and fun reinforcements, thereby encouraging patients in their rehabilitation process. RESULTS We propose a conceptual framework to guide the development of serious games through a systematic process by using an iterative and incremental process applying the phases of context identification, user requirements, planning, design, construction of the interaction devices and video game, and evaluation. CONCLUSIONS This proposed framework will provide developers of serious games a systematic process with standardized elements for the development of flexible and adaptable software with a high level of patient commitment, which will effectively contribute to their rehabilitation process.

scholarly journals Standardizing the Development of Serious Games for Physical Rehabilitation: Conceptual Framework Proposal

10.2196/25854 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. e25854
Author(s):  
María Del Pilar Beristain-Colorado ◽  
Jorge Fernando Ambros-Antemate ◽  
Marciano Vargas-Treviño ◽  
Jaime Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez ◽  
Adriana Moreno-Rodriguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Supportive Therapy ◽  
Physical Rehabilitation ◽  
User Centered Design ◽  
Rehabilitation Process ◽  
Systematic Process ◽  
High Level ◽  
Design Construction

Background Serious games have been used as supportive therapy for traditional rehabilitation. However, most are designed without a systematic process to guide their development from the phases of requirement identification, planning, design, construction, and evaluation, which reflect the lack of adaptation of rehabilitation requirements and thus the patient’s needs. Objective The aim of this study was to propose a conceptual framework with standardized elements for the development of information systems by using a flexible and an adaptable process centered on the patient’s needs and focused on the creation of serious games for physical rehabilitation. Methods The conceptual framework is based on 3 fundamental concepts: (1) user-centered design, which is an iterative design process focused on users and their needs at each phase of the process, (2) generic structural activities of software engineering, which guides the independent development process regardless of the complexity or size of the problem, and (3) gamification elements, which allow the transformation of obstacles into positive and fun reinforcements, thereby encouraging patients in their rehabilitation process. Results We propose a conceptual framework to guide the development of serious games through a systematic process by using an iterative and incremental process applying the phases of context identification, user requirements, planning, design, construction of the interaction devices and video game, and evaluation. Conclusions This proposed framework will provide developers of serious games a systematic process with standardized elements for the development of flexible and adaptable software with a high level of patient commitment, which will effectively contribute to their rehabilitation process.

Perceived Social Support and Resilience among Orphans: A Systematic Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syed Najmah Jameel ◽  
Shawkat Ahmad Shah ◽  
Showkat Ahmad Ganaie
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Review ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
Systematic Identification

The present study is based on a systematic research review. The review of literature is an important component of the research process and should be carried out in an orderly manner. It is also known as the back bone of research study. It involves a systematic identification, location and analysis of documents containing information related to the research problem. The purpose of reviewing literature is to determine what has already done by the scientific community related to the research problem and to gain an impression regarding different aspects of the topic understudy. The major objective of the current study is to conduct a systematic review on Perceived social support and resilience among orphans. To go ahead with this goal, it was very important to collect the literature on; (A). Orphans (B). Perceived social support among orphans. (C). Resilience among orphans.

A systematic review of serious games used for rehabilitation of individuals with Parkinson’s disease

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciene C. de Oliveira ◽  
Luanne Cardoso Mendes ◽  
Renato A. de Lopes ◽  
José A. S. Carneiro ◽  
Alexandre Cardoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Serious Games

Serious Games as a Complementary Tool for Social Skill Development in Young People: A Systematic Review of the Literature

2021 ◽  
pp. 104687812110312
Author(s):  
Lucy R. Zheng ◽  
Catherine M. Oberle ◽  
W. A. Hawkes-Robinson ◽  
Stéphane Daniau
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Social Skills ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Skill ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Skill Development ◽  
The United States ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Social Skill Development

Background The use of games for social skill development in the classroom is accelerating at a tremendous rate. At the same time, the research surrounding games designed for teaching social skills remains fragmented. This systematic review summarizes the current existing literature on social skill serious games for young people ages 5 to 19 and is the first review of serious games to note the demographic and geographic component of these studies. Method This review included papers that: evaluated a game designed to teach social skills; included measurable, quantitative outcomes; have a translation or be published in English; were peer-reviewed; date from January 2010 to May 2020; and have a nonclinical study population between ages of 5 to 19. Keywords were obtained from the CASEL 5 framework. Results Our findings are mixed but suggest that serious games may improve social skills when used alongside in-person discussion. We also found potential effects of the length of time of gameplay, intervention, and follow-up on social skill serious game effectiveness. Although this review found promising research conducted in East Asian countries and with minority samples in the United States, the majority of social skill serious game research takes place in the United States and Australia, with unreported demographic information and white-majority samples. Conclusions Due to the limited number of published studies in this area and studies lacking methodological rigor, the effectiveness of using games to teach social skills and the impact of background on social skill learning require further discussion.

Serious Games for Psychotherapy: A Systematic Review

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Eichenberg ◽  
Markus Schott
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Serious Games
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