Enciso James, Vairya Dhruval, Velasco James, Sunthonlap James, Pebdani Roxanna, de Leon Ray, Keslacy Stefan, Dy Christine, Won Deborah S
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2020 Jul;2020:4583-4587. doi: 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176685.
In the recent decade, mobile exergaming has emerged as a way to motivate physical activity and thereby increase fitness. It has been found that those which encourage social interaction and multiplayer gaming leads to better fitness outcomes than single player games [1]. However, none have yet to tailor exergames for people who use wheelchairs due to lower mobility impairment. We present a mobile exergaming and fitness tracking app in which the exergames are tailored toward people in wheelchairs and features a virtual community which allows social interaction through multiplayer gaming and leaderboard features. We hypothesized that users would find the multiplayer games more useful for improving fitness than the single player games. However, perceived usefulness survey results indicate overall satisfaction with the main design features but not a particular preference for the multiplayer gaming over single player gaming. Users overall found the app useful and easy to use, and the results provide indication that the virtual community created through the multiplayer feature of the mobile exergaming app does promote and enhance exercising.Clinical relevance- Multiplayer gaming was designed into a mobile fitness app to encourage exercise amongst individuals in wheelchairs. The virtual community created is expected to increase activity levels and its many associated health benefits in this community, promote a greater sense of belonging, and increase social participation.
在最近十年中，移动健身游戏已成为一种激励身体活动从而增强体质的方式。研究发现，那些鼓励社交互动和多人游戏的移动健身游戏比单人游戏能带来更好的健身效果[1]。然而，目前还没有专门为因行动不便而使用轮椅的人群量身定制的健身游戏。我们推出了一款移动健身游戏和健身追踪应用程序，其中的健身游戏是针对轮椅使用者量身定制的，并且具有一个虚拟社区，该社区通过多人游戏和排行榜功能实现社交互动。我们假设用户会发现多人游戏比单人游戏对改善体质更有用。然而，有用性感知调查结果表明，用户对主要设计功能总体满意，但并非特别偏好多人游戏而非单人游戏。用户总体上认为该应用程序有用且易于使用，结果表明通过移动健身游戏应用程序的多人功能创建的虚拟社区确实能促进和增强锻炼。临床相关性——多人游戏被设计到一款移动健身应用程序中，以鼓励轮椅使用者进行锻炼。预计所创建的虚拟社区将提高该社区人群的活动水平及其诸多相关健康益处，增强归属感，并增加社交参与度。
