TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and evaluation of an interactive exercise coaching system for older adults
T2 - Lessons learned
AU - Ofli, Ferda
AU - Kurillo, Gregorij
AU - Obdržálek, Štěpán
AU - Bajcsy, Ruzena
AU - Jimison, Holly Brugge
AU - Pavel, Misha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2016/1
Y1 - 2016/1
N2 - Although the positive effects of exercise on the wellbeing and quality of independent living for older adults are well accepted, many elderly individuals lack access to exercise facilities, or the skills andmotivation to perform exercise at home. To provide a more engaging environment that promotes physical activity, various fitness applications have been proposed.Many of the available products, however, are geared toward a younger population and are not appropriate or engaging for an older population. To address these issues, we developed an automated interactive exercise coaching system using the Microsoft Kinect. The coaching system guides users through a series of video exercises, tracks and measures their movements, provides real-time feedback, and records their performance over time. Our system consists of exercises to improve balance, flexibility, strength, and endurance, with the aim of reducing fall risk and improving performance of daily activities. In this paper, we report on the development of the exercise system, discuss the results of our recent field pilot study with six independently living elderly individuals, and highlight the lessons learned relating to the in-home system setup, user tracking, feedback, and exercise performance evaluation.
AB - Although the positive effects of exercise on the wellbeing and quality of independent living for older adults are well accepted, many elderly individuals lack access to exercise facilities, or the skills andmotivation to perform exercise at home. To provide a more engaging environment that promotes physical activity, various fitness applications have been proposed.Many of the available products, however, are geared toward a younger population and are not appropriate or engaging for an older population. To address these issues, we developed an automated interactive exercise coaching system using the Microsoft Kinect. The coaching system guides users through a series of video exercises, tracks and measures their movements, provides real-time feedback, and records their performance over time. Our system consists of exercises to improve balance, flexibility, strength, and endurance, with the aim of reducing fall risk and improving performance of daily activities. In this paper, we report on the development of the exercise system, discuss the results of our recent field pilot study with six independently living elderly individuals, and highlight the lessons learned relating to the in-home system setup, user tracking, feedback, and exercise performance evaluation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84971394475&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/JBHI.2015.2391671
DO - 10.1109/JBHI.2015.2391671
M3 - Article
C2 - 25594988
AN - SCOPUS:84971394475
SN - 2168-2194
VL - 20
SP - 201
EP - 212
JO - IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
JF - IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics
IS - 1
M1 - 7008424
ER -