Designing Game-Inspired Applications to Increase Daily PA for People with ID

People with intellectual disabilities are less likely to meet the recommended daily levels of physical activity. Meeting these requirements can lower the risk of serious health problems and life threatening diseases. To address this problem, the idea is to exploit mobile applications designed specif...

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Published inEntertainment Computing and Serious Games pp. 377 - 382
Main Authors Evensen, Ingrid, Omfjord, Jens Brandsgård, Torrado, Juan Carlos, Jaccheri, Letizia, Gomez, Javier
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
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e-Health
Gamification
Intellectual disabilities
Mobile applications
Physical activity
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Summary:People with intellectual disabilities are less likely to meet the recommended daily levels of physical activity. Meeting these requirements can lower the risk of serious health problems and life threatening diseases. To address this problem, the idea is to exploit mobile applications designed specifically to help increase daily levels of physical activity. The results are: guidelines developed by a literature review and lessons learned during the development of a prototype application. Evaluation issues are based on focus group and usability test.
ISBN:9783030346430
3030346439
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-34644-7_31