Doyle, Julie and Kelly, Daniel and Caulfield, B. (2011) Design Considerations in Therapeutic Exergaming. In: 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) and Workshops, 2011.
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Abstract
In this paper we discuss the importance of feedback in therapeutic exergaming. It is widely believed that exergaming benefits the patient in terms of encouraging adherence and boosting the patient’s confidence of correct execution and feedback is essential in achieving these. However, feedback and in particular visual feedback, may also have potential negative effects on the quality of the exercise. We describe in this paper a prototype single-sensor therapeutic exergame that we have developed and provide some preliminary user feedback regarding enjoyment and perceived competence when using the exergame compared to exercising without the exergame. Our results indicate that all participants found exercising with the game more enjoyable. However, additional work is needed to increase participants’ confidence in their correct execution of the exercise.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Therapeutic exergaming; Visual feedback; Design requirements; Sensors. |
| Subjects: | Computer Science Science |
| Research Centres: | Netwell/CASALA |
| Depositing User: | Sean McGreal |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2016 09:58 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Nov 2016 09:58 |
| License: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 |
| URI: | https://eprints.dkit.ie/id/eprint/551 |
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