Kaasa health

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Kaasa health GmbH

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legal form Company with limited liability
founding January 1, 2009
Seat Dusseldorf , Germany
management Ulrich Schulze Althoff, Misti Lynn Frantzen ( Management )
Number of employees 30 permanent employees and numerous volunteer supporters
Branch Software development
Website kaasahealth.com
As of January 3, 2016

The Kaasa health GmbH is a software developer and operator of browser-based and mobile online games , based in Dusseldorf . In international cooperation with scientists and therapists , the company develops digital therapy concepts in the areas of e-health and telerehabilitation and is one of the pioneers in the field of health games, i.e. therapeutically effective "health games".

As a software company in the health industry, Kaasa health develops serious games for adults and elementary school children. With playful elements, a long-term motivation should be built up, which should move the user to regular training. The basis of the digital training software was developed by researchers and psychologists from renowned universities as well as by doctors and therapists in scientific studies. The company now sells its software in a total of 34 countries and is a member of the GAME Federal Association of the German Games Industry and the Federal Association for Dyslexia and Dyscalculia eV (BVL).

Products

The first health game to hit the market in 2010 was Physiofun for the Nintendo Wii . The training software series includes various medically oriented games that are developed in cooperation with doctors and therapists from Dr. Becker Klinikgesellschaft were developed. The ability to concentrate and body control should be trained through special exercises. This was followed by the Master Cody series, which is aimed at elementary school children with learning disabilities . Meister Cody - Talasia , a test and training software for children with dyscalculia , was developed in collaboration with researchers from the Psychological Institute of the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster as part of the CODY project and was first published on December 1, 2013. For Meister Cody - Namagi Schulte-Körne and his team from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München provided the scientific basis , which is intended to support children with dyslexia in learning to acquire the written language . In addition, the Meister Cody test center was launched in 2016, with which researchers want to uncover connections between learning difficulties and psychological abnormalities. Another training software from Kaasa health is routine - phantom pain. In the world's largest medical study on phantom pain (PACT), which has been funded by the EU and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since mid-2012, this non-drug treatment option for phantom pain was scientifically developed. In a follow-up study (GAPP), the user-friendliness and the therapeutic benefit are now to be tested. The basis of the training is mirror therapy . With the training software from Kaasa health, the concept of mirror therapy is adapted and individually adapted to each patient in a mobile form. Kaasa health was also involved in the development of the orthotic-bionic assistance system (ORTAS), the Bionic Hand project, an interactive assistance system for controlling prostheses and We take care, a training system for improving activities in daily life (ADL).

Awards

  • Best Educational Game in Europe 2014
  • GIGA mouse 2014
  • Vodafone Smart Solution Award 2013
  • Dyslexia Quality Award 2015
  • eco Internet Award 2015
  • Serious Play Award 2015 (Silver)

Partner and sponsor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Founding Network Düsseldorf ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / go-dus.de
  2. ↑ Management of Kaasa health
  3. ↑ a b Kaasa health employee
  4. ↑ a b c d Healthcare - Games create new markets. Creative.NRW. May 2014, accessed January 24, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Nina Braun: Gambling for a round instead of poring over for hours. The world . September 19, 2015, accessed January 20, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Nina Braun: The game of her life. World on Sunday . September 20, 2015, accessed January 24, 2017 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Kaasa health partner. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  8. ^ GAME federal association members. Retrieved December 22, 2015
  9. ↑ Physiofun. Retrieved on December 22, 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.physiofun.com
  10. ↑ Master Cody - Talasia. Retrieved December 22, 2015
  11. ↑ CODY training website of the University of Münster. Retrieved May 12, 2015
  12. ↑ Master Cody - Namagi. Retrieved August 23, 2016
  13. ↑ Master Cody - Test Center. Retrieved on January 2nd, 2017 ( Memento of the original from January 2nd, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / meistercody.zendesk.com
  14. ^ Kaasa health - Phantom Pain Study. Retrieved December 22, 2015
  15. ↑ About the PACT study. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  16. ↑ About the GAPP study. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  17. ↑ Medica 2015: Interview with the magazine for physiotherapists
  18. ↑ Federal Ministry of Education and Research: ORTAS ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mtidw.de
  19. ↑ Vincent Systems: Bionic Hand
  20. ↑ AAL Europe: We take care ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aal-europe.eu
  21. ↑ ECGBL. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  22. ↑ Press release: Master Cody - Talasia awarded as “Best Educational Game in Europe”. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  23. ↑ GIGA mouse. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  24. ↑ Press release: The winners of the GIGA-Maus 2014. Accessed on December 23, 2015
  25. ↑ Vodafone Smart Solution Award. Retrieved on December 23, 2013 ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vodafone.de
  26. ↑ Awards Website with press releases from Kaasa health. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  27. ↑ Press release Medien Cluster NRW. Retrieved on December 23, 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / medien.nrw.de
  28. ↑ Dyslaxia Quality Award. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  29. ↑ Press release: "Master Cody - Talasia" wins the Dyslexia Quality Award 2015. Accessed on December 23, 2015
  30. ↑ eco Internet Award. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  31. ↑ a b press release: "Master Cody - Talasia" won several awards. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  32. ^ Serious Play Awards. Retrieved on December 23, 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.seriousplayconference.com
  33. ↑ Press release: State funding for dyscalculia research project is extended for another three years. Retrieved December 23, 2015
  34. ↑ Press release: eco Internet Award 2015 - One third of the nominees from NRW. Retrieved on December 23, 2015 ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.filmstiftung.de