Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):
P. Silva, F. Nunes, A. Vasconcelos, M. Kerwin, R. Moutinho, P. Teixeira:
"Using the Smartphone Accelerometer to Monitor Fall Risk while Playing a Game: The Design and Usability Evaluation of Dance! Donīt Fall";
Talk: HCI International 2013,
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (invited);
2013-07-21
- 2013-07-26; in: "Foundations of Augmented Cognition: 7th International Conference, AC 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013",
(2013),
ISBN: 978-3-642-39453-9;
10 pages.
English abstract:
Falls are dangerous, and unfortunately common for older adults. Dance! Donīt Fall is a game that assesses the quality of the userīs locomotion based on data from the accelerometer of a smartphone. By providing a form of exercise, the game may actually reduce fall risk as well as monitoring it. In this paper, we document the development of the prototype and a usability study with ten seniors that suggested the game is well suited to its primary users.
Keywords:
Fall risk assessment, older adults, mobile applications, physical activity, dance games
"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39454-6_81
Electronic version of the publication:
http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/PubDat_219981.pdf
Created from the Publication Database of the Vienna University of Technology.