Using the smartphone accelerometer to monitor fall risk while playing a game: The design and usability evaluation of dance! Don't fall

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 8027 LNAI, Issue , 2013, Pages 754-763

  Silva, Paula Alexandra ^a,b   Nunes, Francisco ^a,c   Vasconcelos, Ana ^a   Kerwin, Maureen ^a   Moutinho, Ricardo ^a   Teixeira, Pedro ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER PORTUGAL AICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

dance games; Fall risk assessment; mobile applications; older adults; physical activity

Indexed keywords

DANCE GAMES; FALL RISK; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY USERS; USABILITY EVALUATION; USABILITY STUDIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 84884823993     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39454-6_81     Document Type: Conference Paper

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