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Physios using games console to aid patients
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS at two West Yorkshire hospitals are using a games console to improve the strength and co-ordination of amputee patients.
The physiotherapy department at Bradford Royal Infirmary is using the Nintendo Wiis because playing tennis, golf, boxing, bowling and baseball demands a user acts out the physical movements involved in the sport.
The console's motion sensitive controller requires body movements similar to traditional therapy, but but provides so much distraction, patients do not notice any discomfort.
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS at two West Yorkshire hospitals are using a games console to improve the strength and co-ordination of amputee patients.
The physiotherapy department at Bradford Royal Infirmary is using the Nintendo Wiis because playing tennis, golf, boxing, bowling and baseball demands a user acts out the physical movements involved in the sport.
The console's motion sensitive controller requires body movements similar to traditional therapy, but but provides so much distraction, patients do not notice any discomfort.
Hip fracture patients 'being put at risk'
THE lives of elderly patients with hip fractures are being put at risk by hospitals diverting resources to meet NHS waiting list targets, it has been claimed.
The British Orthopaedic Association recommends operating in 95 per cent of cases within a maximum of 48 hours of the patient being fit for surgery.
But a poll of 124 of its surgeons suggests a fifth of patients wait longer than this, with more than half saying their hospital prioritised elective surgery over emergency cases to meet targets.
THE lives of elderly patients with hip fractures are being put at risk by hospitals diverting resources to meet NHS waiting list targets, it has been claimed.
The British Orthopaedic Association recommends operating in 95 per cent of cases within a maximum of 48 hours of the patient being fit for surgery.
But a poll of 124 of its surgeons suggests a fifth of patients wait longer than this, with more than half saying their hospital prioritised elective surgery over emergency cases to meet targets.
