Design, implementation, and wide pilot deployment of FitForAll: An Easy to use exergaming platform improving physical fitness and life quality of senior citizens

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 189-200

  Konstantinidis, Evdokimos I ^a   Billis, Antonis S ^a   Mouzakidis, Christos A ^b   Zilidou, Vasiliki I ^a   Antoniou, Panagiotis E ^a   Bamidis, Panagiotis D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Greek Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SOFTWARE TESTING; SPORTS; SURVEYS;

COGNITIVE TRAINING; E-HEALTH SYSTEMS; ELDERLY POPULATIONS; EXERCISE INTENSITY; PHYSICAL EXERCISE; PLATFORM SYSTEMS; POST INTERVENTIONS; USABILITY EVALUATION;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AGED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEVICES; FEMALE; FITNESS; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; VIDEO GAME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84971516901     PISSN: 21682194     EISSN: 21682208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2014.2378814     Document Type: Article

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