"But, I don't take steps": Examining the inaccessibility of fitness trackers for wheelchair athletes

ASSETS 2015 - Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 193-201

  Carrington, Patrick ^a   Chang, Kevin ^a   Mentis, Helena ^a   Hurst, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive sports; Fitness; Wearable; Wheelchair athletes

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; SPORTS; TRANSPORTATION; WHEELCHAIRS;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; FITNESS; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRACKING TECHNOLOGY; WEARABLE; WEARABLE COMPUTING;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84962724664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2700648.2809845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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