A couple months back, Stacy Fritz was nice enough to pen a guest post for NPA Think Tank providing her thoughts on Wiihab. You may remember she was in the process of submitting a grant application to study the use of the Wii in rehab.
Last week, Dr. Fritz was awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to go ahead and study the effect that Wii can produce. She will be studying its effects on stroke victims specifically.
“The use of video games is a little controversial so it’s important
to say up front that what we’re doing is not designed to replace
conventional therapy. We’re testing to see if this is one modality that
may help,” said Fritz, a clinical assistant professor in the Department
of Exercise Science.
Now, Stacy Fritz and her grant were featured on CNN Headline News! Click here to see the video.
I have one issue with her CNN interview: As you can see above, they incorrectly labeled Stacy a "Stroke Rehab Researcher". We all know that they should have labeled her a "Stroke Rehab Wii-searcher!!!"
Good job on the grant, Stacy! We will be eagerly awaiting your results.