Table 5.

Pilot Study Experiment Settings

Author	Participants (n,age,sex (men),duration (y), MDS-UPDRS)	Inclusion Criteria	Exclusion Criteria	Aim	Sensor / Platform	Game	Intervention	Control Group?	Setting
Summa et al. (2013) [44]	N: 5 Age (y): 60–76 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided	• PD Diagnosis		Evaluate the feasibility of Kinect-based rehabilitation exercises	Kinect	Custom Game, Whole body movement to reach target	10 sessions, 2 per week, 40 min each Total time: 6.67 h	No	Supervised
Palacios-Navarro et al. (2015) [45]	N: 7 Age (y): 66.8 Sex (men): 3 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided	• MMSE > = 24 • No uncontrolled chronic diseases	• Other neurological diseases • History of falls	Evaluate the feasibility of the proposed scenario	Kinect	Custom game, Mole Hunt with lateral leg movements	4 sessions per week during 5 weeks, 30 min per session Total time: 10 h	No	Supervised by a caregiver
Summa et al. (2015) [46]	N: 7 Age (y): 67 Sex (men): 5 Duration (y): 5 MDS-UPDRS: 15 + − 10	• PD Diagnosis • Ability to stand up and walk a few steps without aid	• Other neurological diseases • Severe receptive aphasia • Inability to perform TUG	Evaluate the improvement in movement speed	Kinect	Custom Game, body movements to reach target	2 sessions per week during 5 weeks, 40 min per session Total time: 6.67 h	No	Supervised
Goncalves et al. (2014) [47]	N: 15 Age(y): 68.70 Sex (men): 7 Duration (y): 7.3 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided	• PD Diagnosis • H&Y Scale II-IV	• Dementia or mental disorders • Changes in medication	Analyze the effect of virtual sensorimotor activity on gait disorders of PD patients	WBB	Wii Fit Plus	2 sessions per week during 7 weeks, 40 min per session Total time: 9,33 h	No	Supervised
Pompeu et al. (2015) [48]	N: 6 Age (y): 61 Sex (men): 4 MDS-UPDRS: 15 (Motor)	• PD Diagnosis • H&Y Scale I-III • MMSE > = 20 • BBS > = 46	• Uncontrolled Hypertension • Heart conditions • Seizures • Orthopedic or neurological diseases • Visual or auditory alterations	Evaluate the use of Kinect Adventures Games on PD Rehabilitation	Kinect	Kinect Adventures Games: SpacePop, 20,000 Leaks, Reflex Ridge and River Rush	3 sessions per week during 4 weeks (total of 14), 60 min per session Total time: 12 h	No	Supervised
Pompeu et al. (2014) [49]	N: 7 Age (y): 72 Sex (men): 6 MDS-UPDRS: 33.6	Same as above (Except H&Y Scale II-III)	Same as above	Assess the feasibility, safety and outcomes of Kinect PD rehabilitation	Kinect	Same as above	Same as above	No	Supervised
Negrini et al. (2017) [50]	N: 27 Age (y): 66 Sex (men): 14	• PD Diagnosis • Able to walk • MMSE > = 26 • Tinetti Balance Scale > 5 • BBS > = 19 • Limitation in activities of daily living	• Cognitive inability to participate • Presence of lower limb problems • History of falls • Cerebrovascular lesions • Other diseases	Evaluate the impact of 10 vs 15 sessions of Wii Fit	WBB	Wii Fit, Wii Balance	2 or 3 sessions per week during 5 weeks, 20 min per session of Wii Fit and 10 min of Wii Balance Total time: 5 h	No	Supervised
Nuic et al. (2018) [51]	N: 10 Age (y): 64.2 Sex (men): 5 MDS-UPDRS: 20.3 (Motor)	• PD Diagnosis • Age < 71 • Presence of FOG • MMSE > = 24	• Inability to walk independently • Other diseases	Determine the feasibility of a custom videogame to treat gait and balance disorders	Kinect	Custom Game, body movements to reach target	3 sessions per week during 6 weeks. Time increases from 15 min (first session) to 40 min (9th session and onwards) Total Time: 11 h (Approximation)	No	Supervised
Cikajlo et al. (2018) [52]	N: 28 Age (y): 68 Sex (men): 12 MDS-UPDRS: 29.54 (Motor)	• PD Diagnosis • H&Y Scale II-III • MMSE > 24	• None specified	Evaluate a Kinect-based telerehabilitation system	Kinect	Custom Game, use arm movements to reach target	Training in clinical setting, followed by 2–3 weeks of 30–60 min sessions	No	Unsupervised (with training)
Pradhan (2018) [53]	N: 3 Age (y): 65.3 Sex (men): 1 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided	• PD Diagnosis • No concurrent neurological disease • Able to walk	• None specified	Evaluate the use of Kinect for PD Rehabilitation	Kinect	Kinect commercial games: Your shape Fitness Evolved, Brain and Body Connection, Kinect Adventures	60 min sessions, with manually-controlled increasing difficulty, for 3 weeks. Total time: Unspecified	No	Supervised
Alves et al. (2018) [54]	N: 27 Age (y): 61 Sex (men): 25 MDS-UPDRS: Not provided	• PD Diagnosis • H&Y Scale I-III • MMSE > = 24 • Stable medication • Good visual/auditory acuity	• Other disorders • Previous experience with Wii or Kinect • Geriatric depression score > 6	Compare the effect of Wii and Kinect in PD rehabilitation	WBB, Kinect	Wii Fit Plus Kinect Adventures Your Shape: Fitness Evolved	2 sessions per week during 5 weeks, 60 min per session Total time: 10 h	Yes	Supervised