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Hospital uses Wii Fit to help amputees
Destructoid — ... the popular game to give patients a visual indication of how poor their weight distribution is with their fake limb. Improvement is plotted in front of the patients' eyes, possibly lifting spirits and pushing them to balance harder. Hirst also allows her patients to play the mini-games, a terribly sweet retreat from realizing that a leg has gone missing. One patient found the therapy to be “marvelous." He was probably depressed when he said that. [via NintendoWorldReport]

'Wii Fit' Goes Out on a Limb
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... Board, a patient can ascertain his/her center of gravity along with the assistance of a physical therapist. Relearning how to walk is a vital aspect of improving the quality of life for amputees. What an ingenious way to do something as grueling and tedious as physical therapy. Especially for amputees -- whose hopes of ever playing sports again may be lost -- being able to ski or play football, even if only in virtual reality, has got to feel great. Source

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 ...

Wii Fit Balance Board Helps Amputees
The Escapist : Latest News — Seacroft Hospital in Leeds, England, has recently started using the Wii Fit Balance Board to help treat patients who are recovering from amputation surgery. Senior physiotherapist Lynn Hirst told Nintendo World Report that the hospital has incorporated sessions of Wii Fit into its usual physical therapy regimen, praising the Balance Board's ability to accurately determine and display weight distribution. When patients have trouble getting used to their new artificial limb, Wii Fit lets them and the attending physiotherapist see where they're off and adjust to correct it. ...