Design and Real-World Evaluation of Eyes-Free Yoga: An Exergame for Blind and Low-Vision Exercise.

People who are blind or low vision may have a harder time participating in exercise due to inaccessibility or lack of encouragement. To address this, we developed Eyes-Free Yoga using the Microsoft Kinect that acts as a yoga instructor and has personalized auditory feedback based on skeletal tracking. We conducted two different studies on two different versions of Eyes-Free Yoga: (1) a controlled study with 16 people who are blind or low vision to evaluate the feasibility of a proof-of-concept and (2) an 8-week in-home deployment study with 4 people who are blind or low vision, with a fully functioning exergame containing four full workouts and motivational techniques.

Fluctuations in body satisfaction across situations.

Although the variable nature of body image was underscored by Schilder (The image and appearance of the human body. New York: International Universities Press, 1950), few investigators have addressed the stability of body image or its sensitivity to variation in environmental or situational conditions. Most researchers have assumed that body image is a stable characteristic.

The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: electroencephalographic characteristics, clinical correlates, and follow-up studies.

Electroencephalographic and clinical findings are reported for 100 patients with the Lennox-Gastaut (LGS) triad of slow bilateral spike and wave (BSW), retardation and multiple seizures. Neurological and mental deficits were frequently observed, especially in patients who developed seizures before age 1 yr. More than half of the patients had focal epileptiform discharges that peaked in occurrence at age 4-6 yrs.

Acute hypertensive encephalopathy in minimal change nephrotic syndrome.

A 3-year-old child with minimal change nephrotic syndrome (MCNS) developed an acute hypertensive encephalopathy characterized by coma, focal seizures, right hemiparesis, global aphasia and cortical blindness. Episodic hypertension and seizures persisted for 24 h despite intervention with antihypertensive and anticonvulsant therapy. Clinical suspicion of cortical blindness was confirmed by visual-evoked potential studies.