Aplicación de la realidad virtual mediante el uso del Wii Balance Board en adultos mayores con alteración del equilibrio.

Abstract

Over the years, the human being undergoes several alterations in their systems, as the years go by, in the elderly the balance is common and they are prone to injuries. Virtual reality is a new system that has been created for many purposes, in this work we have used the Wii Balance Board. Objective: To demonstrate the effectiveness of the application of virtual reality through Wii Balance Board in older adults with impaired balance. Methodology: The present study has an explanatory scope, with a quantitative approach, with a probabilistic sample of 37 patients. Results: In the first evaluation with the Berg equilibrium scale the results were that 22% with high risk of fall, 43% moderate risk and 35% mild risk and in the second evaluation 11% had high risk, 24% Moderate risk and 65% slight risk. In our second test “Get up and go” we show in the first evaluation that 32% have a high risk of falls, 41% moderate risk and 27% normal mobility and at the end of the intervention the percentages changed being 16% high risk 35 Moderate% and 49% with normal mobility. Conclusions: It is important that older adults have an active life, performing physical exercises and cognitive activities, which help to avoid risks that threaten their humanity, and in this case our form of intervention was through the use of non-immersive virtual reality to via the Wii Balance Board.