Exergames Publications & Info

Publications

  • Cardenas A, Petrevska M, Biddis E, Fehlings D. Clinician Perspectives on the Implementation of Inpatient Cycling-Based Exergames for Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Qualitative Study. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 2022. 25(8): 531-541. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2022.2099474. 
  • Cardenas A, Warner D, Switzer L, Graham N, Cimolino G, Fehlings D. Inpatient exergames for children with cerebral palsy following lower extremity orthopedic surgery: A feasibility study. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 2021 May. 24(4): 230-236. https://doi.org/10.1080/17518423.2020.1858359. 
  • MacIntosh A, Switzer L, Hwang S, Schneider ALJ, Clarke D, Graham TCN, Fehlings D. Ability-Based Balancing Using the Gross Motor Function Measure in Exergaming for Youth with Cerebral Palsy. Games Health J. 2017 Dec. 6(6):379-385. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2017.0053.
  • MacIntosh A, Switzer L, Hernandez H, Hwang S, Schneider A, Moran D, Graham N, Fehlings D. Balancing for gross motor functional ability in exergaming between youth with Cerebral Palsy at GMFCS levels II and III. Games for Health Journal. 2017 Mar. 6(2):104-110. https://doi.org/10.1089/g4h.2016.0073.
  • Knights S, Graham N, Switzer L, Hernandez H, Ye Z, Findlay B, Xie W, Wright V, Fehlings D. An innovative cycling exergame to promote cardiovascular fitness in youth with cerebral palsy: A brief report. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 2014 Jun: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.3109/17518423.2014.923056. (June 20, 2014). 

Reports

Media

  • Fehlings D. Interviewed (Reporter: Lee J-Y) about the Bloorview Research Institute expansion and Liberi Exergame along with client, Rehan. Game-changing brain treatments for kids. CP24 Breakfast. June 13, 2023. https://www.cp24.com/video?clipId=2707222&jwsource=cl 
  • Fehlings D. Interviewed (Reporter: Palamarchuk A) about the Liberi Exergame, along with client, Ethan. The story also appeared in print in the North York Mirror and Scarborough Mirror. Link: http://bit.ly/3pRktak  (February 25, 2021)
  • The story covers a program that uses video games to help kids with cerebral palsy (CP) recover from surgery and to help reduce pain. ‘It motivated me to move again,’ says Scarborough teen with cerebral palsy about ‘exergame’ (Toronto.com). Featured study on Liberi Exergame with in-patient clients at Holland Bloorview. Quoted Dr. Darcy Fehlings, principal investigator and lead at CP Discovery Lab, Professor Nicholas Graham, Queen’s University who co-developed the gaming system, as well as Ethan Smith, a 13-year-old client who was one of the research participants in the study.