Promoting Exercise in Wheelchairs Through Wireless Sensing and Computing in a Mobile App

Individuals with lower mobility impairment face many barriers to regular, appropriately intense exercise. To combat these barriers and the resulting cardiometabolic disease risk, we are developing a mobile fitness system to promote and facilitate exercises which can be done in wheelchairs in the con...

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Published inSensor Networks Vol. 1074; pp. 118 - 134
Main Authors Sunthonlap, James, Monsalvo, Kevin, Velasco, James, Tu, Jackson, Ong, Christine, Ochoa, Omar, Enciso, James, Bowser, Isaac, Pal, Amit, de Leon, Ray D., Pebdani, Roxanna, Dy, Christine, Keslacy, Stefan, Won, Deborah S.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2019
Springer International Publishing
SeriesCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Subjects
Activity monitor
EMG
Exergaming
Fitness monitor
METS estimation
Wireless sensors
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Summary:Individuals with lower mobility impairment face many barriers to regular, appropriately intense exercise. To combat these barriers and the resulting cardiometabolic disease risk, we are developing a mobile fitness system to promote and facilitate exercises which can be done in wheelchairs in the convenience of one’s home. This mobile fitness system exploits computing and wireless sensing to promote exercise in a number of ways: (A) monitoring a fitness metric which users find a reliable and trustworthy; (B) gamifying exercises; (C) healthy, friendly competition with other users; and (D) providing text notifications as reminders to exercise.
Bibliography:Supported by Department of Education, NIDILRR grant #90IFS0001-01-00.
ISBN:3030301095
9783030301095
ISSN:1865-0929
1865-0937
DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-30110-1_7