DanceAlong: Supporting positive social exchange and exercise for the elderly through dance

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1541-1544

  Keyani, Pedram ^a   Hsieh, Gary ^a   Mutlu, Bilge ^a   Easterday, Matthew ^a   Forlizzi, Jodi ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dance; Elderly; Elders; Exercise; Interaction design; User centered design

Indexed keywords

DANCE; ELDERLY; ELDERS; EXERCISE; INTERACTION DESIGN; USER CENTERED DESIGNS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84869133567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1056808.1056961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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