Mobile games and design requirements to increase teenagers' physical activity

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 900-908

  Arteaga, Sonia M ^a   González, Víctor M ^b   Kurniawan, Sri ^a   Benavides, Raquel A ^c  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Evaluation studies; Mobile games; Motivation; Physical activity; Teenagers; Video games

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; MOBILE COMPUTING; MOTIVATION;

ADOLESCENTS; EVALUATION STUDY; MOBILE GAMES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; TEENAGERS; VIDEO GAME;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84869111739     PISSN: 15741192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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