For MS Patients, Wii Game Strengthens Brain

Researchers in Italy found that men and women with mild-to-moderate MS symptoms who exercised at home for 12 weeks with a Nintendo Wii balance board system showed more positive-changes in areas of the brain responsible for balance and movement than people with MS who received no balance training. To use the Wii balance board, people place it on the floor, stand on it and do exercises. The study showed "improvements in myelin sheaths of nerves connecting areas of the brain involved in balance and movement," said study author Dr. Luca Prosperini, a neurologist at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy. For 12 weeks, participants did 30-minute sessions of Wii Fit Plus balance training exercises five times a week, at home.



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