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Motivating Adults with Developmental Disabilities to Perform Motor Coordination Exercises using Exergames

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Lourdes M. Morales-Villaverde,

Taylor Gotfrid,

Ana I. Martinez-Garcia,

Sri KurniawanAuthors Info & Claims

Goodtechs '18: Proceedings of the 4th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good

Pages 183 - 189

https://doi.org/10.1145/3284869.3284914

Published: 28 November 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Adults with developmental disabilities (DD) might have visual-motor coordination problems, which may affect their independence. Exergames, videogames that involve physical exertion, can support visual-motor coordination of adults with DD, as they can offer an interactive technological experience to engage them in different motor tasks. In this paper, we explore the use of exergames at helping and motivating adults with DD to perform visual-motor coordination exercises. We conducted a user study evaluation with ten adults with DD. The participants played an exergame designed to support visual-motor coordination on three sessions over the course of one week. Our results show that all participants performed the visual-motor coordination exercises successfully using the exergame, decreasing the required verbal or physical assistance from the first to the third last session. We conclude that exergames designed to support visual-motor coordination have the potential to help and motivate adults with DD to perform visual-motor coordination exercises.

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Motivating Adults with Developmental Disabilities to Perform Motor Coordination Exercises using Exergames
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Empirical studies in HCI

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Goodtechs '18: Proceedings of the 4th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good

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DOI:10.1145/3284869

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https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11195890
Andradi M(2022)Socially Connecting Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Through Inclusive Co-Design of Tangible and Visual TechnologyProceedings of the 24th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility10.1145/3517428.3550416(1-5)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2022
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