Developing adaptive exergames for adolescent children

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 339-342

  Macvean, Andrew P ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; exercise; exergames; games; motivation

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; EXERCISE; EXERGAMES; GAMES; UBIQUITOUS TECHNOLOGY;

MOTIVATION;

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84864324301     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2307096.2307162     Document Type: Conference Paper

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