Wii Balance Board by Nintendo

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GameSpy. "Wii Want to Pump You Up: "Wii Fit" at GDC." February 20, 2008. (Date accessed online: December 22, 2009)http://wii.gamespy.com/wii/wii-fit/853807p1.html When friends would come round to play, I would tell them that the Wii Fit board was broken because I didn’t want them to see what it said.” Podsiadlo D, Richardson S: The timed “Up & Go”: a test of basic functional mobility for frail elderly persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991, 39: 142-148. Christianson, Kiel (2010-10-06). "Staying sharp in the offseason: "My Personal Golf Trainer" with David Leadbetter for the Wii". WorldGolf . Retrieved 2012-08-04.

Berg KO, Wood-Dauphinee SL, Williams JI, Maki B: Measuring balance in the elderly: validation of an instrument. Can J Public Health 1992, 83(Suppl 2):S7-S11. Since October 2009 the new and improved Wii Fit Plus has been available from shops, expanding on the original Wii Fit with further customisation options and a slew of new exercises to find the fitness that fits to your needs. Sled Shred for Wii". SouthPeak Games. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22 . Retrieved 2012-07-31.

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Saposnik G, Mamdani M, Bayley M, Thorpe KE, Hall J, Cohen LG, Teasell R: Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Exercises in STroke Rehabilitation (EVREST): rationale, design, and protocol of a pilot randomized clinical trial assessing the Wii gaming system. Int J Stroke 2010, 5: 47-51. Super Monkey Ball: Step & Roll". IGN. Archived from the original on July 25, 2009 . Retrieved 2011-01-17. Test de Intervilles sur Wii". jeuxvideo.com (in French). Hi-Media Publishing Network. 2009-08-05 . Retrieved 2012-08-06. Wii Fit is a fitness game that uses a balance test to determine your age. The software is designed to be accurate for people ages 2 to 20. However, results may not be accurate for younger people. This is because a person with more muscle mass will have a higher BMI than someone with less muscle mass.The Wii Fit software includes several means of assessing balance ability. Once the Wii Fit software is loaded, participants are first encouraged to perform a “body test” that comprises both “center of balance” and “body control” measures of balance control. In the center of balance assessment, participants stand still on the WBB for 7 s while COP data is collected. From this data, the participant’s average COP deviation from body midline is calculated, indicating a measure of weight bearing asymmetry. Overall, this assessment is thought to provide information about body posture with the assumption that having an equal distribution of weight between left and right legs is ideal. Yoga for Wii". JoWooD Entertainment. Archived from the original on 2009-12-27 . Retrieved 2010-01-03. Newton, James (2009-11-09). "Manic Monkey Mayhem (WiiWare) Review". Nintendo Life. NLife . Retrieved 2012-08-05.

Wii Fit took none of these nuances into account. It might be easy to just write Wii Fit off as a well-intentioned game that used a common index for its time, but even then, the game was inconsistent with what it considered to be a good and bad BMI. Polygon reviewed one play through where the player had a “healthy” BMI of 22.97 by the game’s and medical standards, but the game still suggested that the person try to lower it.

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