Self-awareness rehabilitation through a multi-touch virtual game board after acquired brain injury

The clinical consequences of an acquired brain injury can lead to a lack of insight or self-awareness. These symptoms are associated with a lack of motivation and adherence to the treatment. We have developed a virtual game board on a multi-touch table that promotes the collaboration and competition among patients while developing the role-playing and the self-assessment strategies. This paper presents an initial clinical trial to study the effectiveness and usability of the virtual board game in the rehabilitation of self-awareness. The results showed improvement in self-awareness and in frontal lobe dysfunctions with successful usability results.