Abstract
Rehabilitation has been shown to significantly reduce the
risk of falling in older adults. However, low adherence to
rehabilitation exercises in the home means that seniors
often do not get the therapy that they require. We propose
that the use of tailored exergames could encourage
adherence to falls rehabilitation in the home, as exergames
have proved successful in clinical settings. We describe the
results from the first known study to investigate the longterm
(12 weeks) use of exergames, designed in close
collaboration with elderly users, for falls rehabilitation in
the home. Our findings suggest that there is an untapped
potential of exergames for home rehabilitation use, as our
findings show that there was better adherence to exercise in
participants who used the exergames, versus those who
used standard care. Finally, we make recommendations for
designers, on the design of exergames for the rehabilitation
of seniors.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | CHI '14 Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Pages | 2813-2822 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-2473-1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 26 Apr 2014 |
| Event | 2014 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Toronto, ON, Canada Duration: 26 Apr 2014 → 1 May 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | 2014 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems |
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| Abbreviated title | CHI '14 |
| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Toronto, ON |
| Period | 26/04/14 → 1/05/14 |
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Lynne Baillie
- School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences - Professor
- School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences, Computer Science - Professor
Person: Academic (Research & Teaching)