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TwinkleBands: Wearable Technology Supporting Movement Imitation and Coordination in Fast-Paced Fitness Training

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CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Article No.: 331, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3451676

Published: 08 May 2021 Publication History

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Fast-paced fitness training (e.g. aerobics, Bodycombat, step workouts) is one of the most popular activities at fitness clubs worldwide because it is beneficial for physical health and it can enhance participants’ motivation and engagement of fitness training. Yet, their fast pace and required coordination make it difficult for some participants, especially for beginners and those with coordination problems, to follow the class. Here we present the design, implementation and qualitative user evaluation of TwinkleBands, a piece of wearable technology that provides real-time support with trainees’ movement and coordination learning by providing discriminative visual cues on the extremities. We show that TwinkleBands helps movement imitation and coordination in several ways. Based on this, we discuss key design takeaways for future technology design to support movement teaching and learning in fast-paced activities.

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Colafiglio TDi Noia TLofù DLombardi ANarducci FSorino PBoratto LGena CMarras MGermanakos PPopescus E(2024)Wearable Devices and Brain-Computer Interfaces for User Modelling (WeBIUM)Adjunct Proceedings of the 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization10.1145/3631700.3658529(597-600)Online publication date: 27-Jun-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3631700.3658529
Semeraro ATurmo Vidal L(2022)Visualizing Instructions for Physical Training: Exploring Visual Cues to Support Movement Learning from Instructional VideosProceedings of the 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3491102.3517735(1-16)Online publication date: 29-Apr-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3491102.3517735
Liao CKikuchi HHwang DKoike H(2022)Virtual Club Shadow: A Real-time Projection of Golf Club Trajectory2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct)10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00177(816-820)Online publication date: Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/ISMAR-Adjunct57072.2022.00177

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