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nintendoworldreport.com - 1/7/2009
NEWS: UK Hospital Adopts Wii Fit to Rehabilitate Amputees
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Patients are able to practice using their prosthetic limbs with the help of Wii Fit and the balance board.
koreaherald.co.kr - 1/13/2009
The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper
— koreaherald.co.kr — With the economic downturn deepening, consumers are curtailing spending on electronics goods such as TVs, computers and... mobile phones. But video game devices are not being negatively impacted by the slump, the chief executive of Nintendo Korea said. ... (more) The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper

Comments vote down Kotaku found this 1/13/2009found this
REVEALED: UK's best-selling games of 2008 | Gaming Industry | News by MCV
mcvuk.com - 1/12/2009
REVEALED: UK's best-selling games of 2008 | Gaming Industry | News by MCV
— mcvuk.com — 2008 uk charts, elspa REVEALED: UK's best-selling games of 2008 Michael French Jan 9 2009, 4:52pm Comments... (2) Mario Kart Wii and FIFA 09 lead the way as part of £1.9bn software market Exclusive end-of-year ELSPA/Gfk-ChartTrack data supplied to MCV ... (more) REVEALED: UK's best-selling games of 2008 | Gaming ...

Comments vote down Joystiq [Nintendo] found this 1/12/2009found this
WiiFit Reminder For New Year's Fatties [Clips]
kotaku.com - 1/9/2009
WiiFit Reminder For New Year's Fatties [Clips]
— kotaku.com — The holidays are all about eating, and Japan is no exception. During the extended holidays in The... Land of The Rising Sun, people pig out. Nintendo knows this. Nintendo is no dummy. This ad reminds... (more) WiiFit Reminder For New Year's Fatties [Clips]

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Joystiq:  Wii Fit helping UK amputees lead a balanced life

Joystiq [Nintendo]:  Wii Fit helps amputees adjust in the UK

Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today:  Balance Board Used to Treat Amputation Patients

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Wii Fit helping UK amputees lead a balanced life
Joystiq — ... Say what you will about the efficacy of Wii Fit as a fitness tool, but at least one UK hospital has found a perfect use for its balance-centric design: helping amputees adapt to walking on their new prosthetic limbs. Nintendo World Report has a ...

Wii Fit helps amputees adjust in the UK
Joystiq [Nintendo] — ... Despite some saying that Wii Fit is only gathering dust in the closet, UK amputees are using the software and bundled Balance Board to help them with their treatment. This isn't the first we've heard about a Nintendo product helping folks out ...

Balance Board Used to Treat Amputation Patients
Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today — Physiotherapists at a hospital in Leeds, UK, are using Wii Fit to aid patients recovering from amputation surgery. Staff at Seacroft Hospital say that Wii Fit s bundled balance board can help teach a recovering patient how to use their new prosthetic limbs, as the device can accurately measure weight distribution. Patients who have undergone leg amputation surgery will often struggle in adjusting their weight to their new prosthetic limb, but senior physiotherapist Lynn Hirst tells nintendoworldreport that the Wii fit balance board which can track and display a user s ...

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