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Wii Treatment Report
Category: Equipment
Most Popular Types: Wii Fit Plus with original Wii Fit, Wii Fit / EA SPORTS ACTIVE Personal Trainer / Wii Sports, Mind and word games (Show all)
See also: Tiger Woods Golf on Wii, Walking and Wii fit + balance board, Wii Fit, Wii-Fit/Wii-Sports, Wii Fit Yoga, Wii Therapy
What is Wii?
The Wii is a home video game console by Nintendo. It consists of a console with a wireless controller, the Wii Remote, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and detect movement in three dimensions.
Reported Purpose & Efficacy
| Purpose | # of patients |
# of patients with evaluations
Efficacy
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Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell |
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| General health | 12 | 3 |
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| Other | 7 | 1 |
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| exercise | 7 | 0 | |||||
| Parkinson's Disease | 3 | 1 |
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| Weight loss | 3 | 2 |
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| Pain | 2 | 0 |
See all 43 patients currently using Wii
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Reported Side Effects
Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Wii
| exercise | 1 |
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Reported Schedules
Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently using Wii. See all 15 dosages ►
Reported Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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| Other | 6 |  |
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| Doctor's advice | 1 | |
Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼
Report created on May 27, 2012.