US University Olive team uses Wii to diagnose athlete's concussion

"Wii fit" the most suitable collocation is certainly a slim yoga beauty, the delicate balance board and big football players together, always appear to be less matching. But according to the Washington Post, it is true that the Wii fit is already in use in many American colleges and universities.　　And they have a serious purpose: athletes injury diagnosis. Concussion has been one of the problems in sports medicine because it is quite difficult to track from injury to recovery. For American football players, the injuries that come with a violent collision are like routine. A college trainer then thought, using "Wii Fit" to investigate the athlete's balance ability, so as to determine the recovery of concussion injury.　　The trainer asks the athlete to step on the balance board and perform some of the games in the Wii Fit (mostly yoga poses) to determine the recovery of the balance. Low cost is the biggest advantage of using WII fit to diagnose concussion, compared with a tens of thousands of-dollar professional balance-checking device.　　In addition, the "Wii Fit" test is also very simple and intuitive, not to mention that these students are very interested in this interesting check. At the moment, Ohio State University and the University of Maryland are collaborating on the reliability of the "Wii fit" diagnosis of concussion, which the University of Maryland has actually been using for three years. However, there are sports medical professionals pointed out that, because the "Wii fit" of the human body balance detection accuracy far less than medical professional equipment, this simple way may give athletes long-term health risks.