Clarence Baxter

Discussion In its many incarnations, ISy embodies key tenets of ‘serious gaming’ (ie, a game for a non-recreational purpose such as healthcare) called therapeutic exergaming.22 23 A therapeutic exergame engages a patient in a primary exercise goal using inspiratory effort to keep real or virtual spheres aloft (or by levitating an encased piston), with a secondary therapeutic goal built into the activity, namely performing repeated gradual maximal inspirations for dislodgment of mucus from the...

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Results Of 26 initial respondents to email or social media invitations to participate in this research, 2 were excluded due to screening for pre-existing medical conditions precluding repeated maximal inspirations (figure 2). Of the remaining participants (n=24), all completed quantitative testing and post-test qualitative studies (table 1). No adverse events were reported during or after testing, and all participants were able to supply adequate inspirations.