"...is it normal to be this sore?":: Using an online forum to investigate barriers to physical activity

IHI'10 - Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Health Informatics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 346-355

  Toscos, Tammy ^a   Consolvo, Sunny ^b   McDonald, David W ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

barriers; bulletin boards; fitness; health; message boards; physical activity; virtual community; web forums

Indexed keywords

BARRIERS; FITNESS; MESSAGE BOARDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; VIRTUAL COMMUNITY; WEB FORUMS;

BULLETIN BOARDS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HEALTH;

EID: 78650953939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1882992.1883041     Document Type: Conference Paper

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