Nintendo Wii Balance Board could prevent falls

A study, led by Dr Ross Clark of the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne, which compared the balance data derived from the Nintendo Wii Balance Board with the data collected from a laboratory grade force plate, a metal based system which typically costs more than $20,000, found that the Nintendo Wii Balance Board collects data comparable to the force plate. The study concluded that The Nintendo Wii Balance Board could be a far cheaper alternative than professional diagnostic tests for clinicians to test balance in elderly partners or in patients with neurological conditions such as stroke and Parkinson’s disease.