RU195448U1 - Three-section game simulator for group exercises to restore the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model “Three-section game simulator for group exercises on restoring the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic” refers to medicine in the section of neurology and neuropsychology and can be used in neurorehabilitation departments of neurological and neurosurgical clinics when conducting group classes on the simultaneous restoration of motor functions hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic with organic lesions of the brain of various etiologies. The useful model contains a base made of plastic, consisting of three identical rectangular sections (1) located at the same angles to each other, rectangular sections, on both surfaces of each of which the same square cell-recesses are made (2 ), which are located in identical vertical rows, each of which contains the same number of recess cells (2); wherein the cell-recesses (2) are separated from each other and from the edges of the sections (1) by jumpers (3) of the same width, and the number and location of cell-recesses (2) on each surface of each section (1) is the same. Thus, " Three-section game simulator ”is a new original device that allows for group exercises to simultaneously restore the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity with a wide range of patients in a neurological clinic, including patients with impaired fine motor skills and hand tremor. The declared “Game three-section simulator” introduces an element of novelty into the process of rehabilitation classes with patients, turning them into an interesting and attractive neuropsychological training for patients.

Description

This useful model relates to medicine, to the section of neurology and neuropsychology and can be used in the departments of neurorehabilitation of neurological and neurosurgical clinics when conducting group exercises to simultaneously restore motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic with organic brain lesions of various etiologies.

Important for the effectiveness of rehabilitation education are the forms of its organization used during classes with patients who have disorders of various mental and motor functions.

Methods and forms of organization of restorative education should take into account the social nature of a person and create conditions for maximizing the use of all human capabilities and abilities, using the influence of the social environment and other social factors on a sick person (Tsvetkova L.S. Aphasia and restorative education. M; Moscow psychological -Social Institute of Voronezh: Publishing house NPO "MODEK", 2001, p. 81, 82).

One of the forms of organization of restorative education, which is based on the use of social factors, is the group form of classes, which helps to increase the efficiency of restoration of impaired mental and motor functions, expanding and complementing individual classes with a specialist and independent classes of patients while they are in a neurological clinic.

Group classes allow you to realize, first of all, the activity of communication and impact on the patient’s personality through the mechanisms of a small social group: interpersonal interaction, cooperation, cooperation, competition, etc. (Tsvetkova L.S. Aphasia and restorative education. M; Moscow Psychological and Social Institute Voronezh: Publishing house NPO MODEK, 2001, p. 9).

According to the specialist in group dynamics Marvin Shaw, a small social group is a community consisting of three or more interacting and influencing individuals (Myers D. Social Psychology. - St. Petersburg: Peter, 1997).

Thus, the use of the group form of classes helps to increase the effectiveness of rehabilitation training when working on the restoration of various mental functions, including intellectual activity, as well as motor functions, including motor functions of the hands of patients in a neurological clinic.

In domestic psychology, intellectual activity or thinking is considered as a specific, but complex mental activity, which has its own structure and functions (L.S. Tsvetkova, Neuropsychological rehabilitation of patients. Speech and intellectual activity, Moscow: Publishing House of the Moscow Pedagogical Institute, Voronezh: Modek, 2004 , p. 317).

The normal intellectual process can be disturbed in organic brain lesions caused by various neurological diseases, associated primarily with damage to the tertiary parieto-temporal-occipital or frontal parts of the cerebral cortex.

One of the common methods used for group sessions on the restoration of intellectual activity is the traditional game “Tic-Tac-Toe,” which ensures that patients are included in the process of solving various problems that arise during the course of game activity.

So, from the existing level of technology, the device “Game simulator-cube for group exercises to restore intellectual activity and motor functions of the hands in patients of a neurological clinic” is known (Patent RU 187759 U1 of 03/18/2019).

This device is a cube-shaped plastic case with handles along two opposite vertices, and square recess cells are made on the surface of each of the six sides of the case, forming a single playing field for the game “Tic Tac Toe”.

During classes with this device, one of the patients, holding it by one of the pens, writes the image of a “cross” in one of the recesses with a water marker, then transfers the device to another patient, who, holding it by the other pen, writes the image “ tac toe ”into another cell-recess, etc.

In this case, the patients, in order to be able to see the playing field and enter the icons in the cell-recesses, are forced to carry out various movements (turns, tilts, rotation) with the hand holding the device, which contribute to the restoration of the motor functions of the hand.

Thus, this device provides the ability to simultaneously restore the motor functions of the hand and intellectual activity due to the fact that the restoration of intellectual activity is carried out when the patients solve problems arising during the game, and the restoration of the motor functions of the hand is carried out during various hand movements with the device.

Also, from the existing level of technology, the device “A simulator plate for group exercises to restore the motor functions of the hands, intellectual activity and spatial memory in patients of a neurological clinic” is known (Patent RU 189018 U1 of 05/06/2019).

This device is a flat base of square shape, on two opposite corners of which there are handles, and on both sides of the base there are square recess cells that form a single playing field for the game “Tic Tac Toe”.

The process of training with this device is similar to the training process with the “Game simulator-cube for group exercises for restoring intellectual activity and motor functions of the hands in patients of a neurological clinic” discussed above.

However, prolonged work with each of these devices leads to addiction in patients and a decrease in interest in classes, which helps to reduce the effectiveness of rehabilitation education.

In order to increase the variety of devices for group exercises in restoring the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity, ensuring the interest of patients in rehabilitation classes, a “Three-section simulator for group exercises in restoring the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic” was developed (hereinafter "Three-section gaming simulator").

The tasks to be solved by the claimed technical solution are:

a) providing the possibility of conducting classes aimed at the simultaneous restoration of motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity;

b) maintaining the interest of patients in rehabilitation activities by using a new original gaming device;

c) providing the possibility of conducting classes for patients with impaired fine motor skills and the presence of hand tremor due to the fact that the cells are made in the form of recesses that do not allow the writing instrument to go beyond them;

d) the simplicity of the design of the “Game three-section simulator”, contributing to its widespread adoption in clinical practice.

The technical result of the claimed utility model is to increase the arsenal of devices intended for group exercises to restore the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity, provided by the structural elements of the declared "Game three-section simulator", allowing group exercises to simultaneously restore the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity with a wide a contingent of patients in a neurological clinic, including patients with fine motor impairment Ricky and the presence of hand tremors.

This technical result is ensured due to the fact that the “Three-section simulator game” contains a base made of plastic, consisting of three identical rectangular rectangular sections arranged on the same angles with respect to each other, the same square cells are made on both surfaces of each - recesses, which are located in identical vertical rows, each of which contains the same number of recess cells; wherein the cell-recesses are separated from each other and from the edges of the sections by jumpers of the same width, and the number and location of cell-recesses on each surface of each section is the same.

In a preferred embodiment of the “Game three-section simulator”, the number of vertical rows of recess cells on each surface of each section is 1-3 rows.

In the preferred embodiment of the “Game three-section simulator”, the number of recess cells in each vertical row is 2-8 pieces.

In a preferred embodiment of the “Game three-section simulator”, the recess cells are highlighted in a color different from the color of the sections.

The essence of the utility model "Three-section gaming simulator for group exercises to restore the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic" is illustrated by the drawings, which show:

in FIG. 1 - a general view of the “Game three-section simulator”;

in FIG. 2 is a top view of the “Three-Section Gaming Simulator”.

The declared “Game three-section simulator” (see Fig. 1, 2) is a plastic base made up of three identical flat sections (1) of rectangular shape, arranged at the same angles (120 degrees) with respect to each other, the surfaces of which are made of the same square cell-recesses (2), designed for inscribing in them with a water marker icons such as “crosses” and “zeros” during the classes.

The dimensions indicated below for this specific “Three-Section Gaming Simulator” are not signs of narrowing the scope of legal protection, as they may change in the process of its creation.

The dimensions of each section (1) are the same and are 20-60x40-160 mm, the thickness of each section (1) is the same and is 4-8 mm.

Cell-recesses (2) are located on both surfaces of each section (1) in vertical rows parallel to the intersection line of sections (1).

At the same time, each vertical row contains the same number of recess cells (2).

The number of vertical rows of recess cells (2) on each surface of each section (1) is the same and is 1-3 rows, and the number of recess cells (2) in each vertical row is 2-8 pieces.

Cells-recesses (2) are separated from each other and from the edges of sections (1) by jumpers (3) of the same width of 2-4 mm.

The depth of the cell-recesses (2) is the same and is 1-2 mm.

The number and location of recess cells (2) on each surface of each section (1) is the same.

Thus, the cell-recesses (2) located on the surfaces of three sections (1) form a single playing field for the game “Tic-tac-toe”, the feature of which is that a series of icons (“crosses” or “zeroes”) inscribed in the cell-recesses (2) of one section (1), can be continued in the cell-recesses (2) of the other surface of this section (1) or the cell-recesses (2) of the other section (1).

For better perception by patients of the cells-recesses (2), they are highlighted in a color (for example, by means of paint) that differs from the color of the sections (1) of the “Three-section gaming simulator”.

The "Game three-section simulator for group exercises on restoring the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic" works as follows.

Before the start of the lesson, the specialist forms a group of two patients with approximately the same degree of impaired motor function of the hand and intellectual activity.

At the beginning of the lesson, one of the patients takes the “Game three-section simulator” with a hand with impaired movement (restoring the motor functions of the hand) for the outer parts of two adjacent sections (1) and writes the image of a “cross” into one of the recesses with an easily erasable water marker (2 ) any of the sections (1).

After that, the “Game three-section simulator” is located on the desktop, and the other patient takes it with his hand with impaired movement (restoration of the motor functions of the arm) and performs the next move (restoration of intellectual activity), writing the image of the “zero” in another cell-recess (2) any of the sections (1).

The game ends with the victory of one of the patients, who, in accordance with the rules of the game “Tic-Tac-Toe,” made up a series of a certain number of “tic-tac-toe” or “tac-toe” in the recess cells (2) of the “Game three-section simulator”, or in a draw, when to draw up a number failed to any of the patients.

Thus, during the lesson, each of the patients, before making a new move (restoring intellectual activity), is forced to carry out various movements: tilting, turning (restoring the motor functions of the arm) with his hand in violation of the movements that hold the “Game Three-Section Simulator”, allowing to see all cells recesses (2) with inscribed images of “crosses” and “zeroes” on the surfaces of various sections (1).

At the same time, the design features of the recess cells (2), which are made below the surfaces of the sections (1), facilitate the process of inscribing badges into them for patients with impaired fine motor skills and the presence of tremor of the hands, and the small depth of the recess cells (2) does not prevent the entry icons in them, using a sponge designed to erase water markers.

In addition to the traditional game “Tic-Tac-Toe,” the “Three-Section Game Simulator” can be used for various versions of the game “Tic-Tac-Toe” with other rules.

Along with the use of the "Game three-section simulator" for group exercises to restore the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic, it can be effectively used in the following cases:

a) when conducting classes to restore the motor functions of the hands impaired due to various other diseases, for example, hand injuries, the consequences of surgical operations;

b) when conducting correctional and developmental classes with children with impaired formation of motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity;

c) during neurocognitive trainings with people of advanced and senile age;

d) as the original gaming device that implements the version of the game "Tic-Tac-Toe" on the playing field, which consists of three two-sided sections.

Thus, the “Game three-section simulator” is a new original device that allows conducting group exercises to simultaneously restore the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity with a wide range of patients in a neurological clinic, including patients with impaired fine motor skills and the presence of hand tremor.

The declared “Game three-section simulator” introduces an element of novelty into the process of rehabilitation classes with patients, turning them into an interesting and attractive neuropsychological training for patients.

Claims (4)

1. A three-section game simulator for group exercises to restore the motor functions of the hands and intellectual activity in patients of a neurological clinic, characterized in that it contains a plastic base made up of three identical rectangular rectangular sections arranged at equal angles to each other , on both surfaces of each of which the same square cell-recesses are made, which are located in identical vertical rows, in each of which the same number of recess cells is neighing; wherein the cell-recesses are separated from each other and from the edges of the sections by jumpers of the same width, and the number and location of cell-recesses on each surface of each section is the same. 2. A three-section gaming simulator according to claim 1, characterized in that the number of vertical rows of recess cells on each surface of each section is 1-3 rows. 3. A three-section gaming simulator according to claim 1, characterized in that the number of recess cells in each vertical row is 2-8 pieces. 4. A three-section gaming simulator according to claim 1, characterized in that the recessed cells are highlighted in a color different from the color of the sections.

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