Unity 3D Game for Senior’s Knee Maintenance

Abstract

Knee Osteoarthritis is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly people. We develop an entertainment-education Unity3D game connected to an electric puller with moisture absorption and scraping function which promotes knee maintenance. The fun of the game encourages users to learn more about the knowledge of knee-joint maintenance. We investigate a group of middle-aged and elderly people for over 2 months during which the activities of knee-joint maintenance were integrated into the four modes of the game: massage, cave-finger pressure, slapping, and cupping therapy. The empirical research together with Logistic Regression analysis shows that the effects of all of the four game-modes are statistically significant. In particular, 64.91% of the participants reduced their knee pain. This proves that the game of knee maintenance relieves the pain. A further upgrade of the fun and entertainment of our games is expected to receive attention from more users and consequently to benefit many more patients.