Serious Motion-Based Exercise Games for Older Adults: Evaluation of Usability, Performance, and Pain Mitigation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many societies are facing demographic changes that challenge the viability of health and welfare systems. Serious games for health care and ambient assisted living (AAL) offer health benefits and support for older adults and may mitigate some of the negative effects of the demographic shift.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the acceptance of serious games to promote physical health in AAL environments. Since AAL environments are designed specifically to support independent living in older adults, we studied the relationship among age and user diversity, performance in the game, and overall usability and acceptance evaluation.

Methods

We developed a motion-based serious exercise game for prototypical AAL environments. In two evaluations, outside (n=71)

SUBMITTER: Brauner P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7160710 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature