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Authors:
Marie Sjölinder
Vasiliki Mylonopoulou
Anneli Avatare Nöu
Olli Korhonen
Keywords: Movement related disorders; mobile application for conduction exercises; motivational theories; social comparison; personalisation.
Abstract:
This paper describes motivational features in a mobile application for physiotherapy related exercises. The features support goal setting, possibilities to follow progress, personalization and possibilities to compare own progress or performance with other users. During the iterative development of the application, an explorative study was conducted where the participants were interviewed about the motivational aspects described above. The respondents emphasized the importance of goal setting together with the physiotherapist and being able to follow progress. With respect to being able to compare performance or progress with other users, the outcome of our work is in line with previous research where comparisons have been rejected. However, people may be more positive if the comparison is disguised as a gamification element, for example, as a part of a competition or in terms of contributing to a group.
Pages: 37 to 42
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2019
Publication date: November 24, 2019
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-3492
ISBN: 978-1-61208-754-2
Location: Valencia, Spain
Dates: from November 24, 2019 to November 28, 2019