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Authors:
Marie Sjölinder
Anneli Avatare Nöu
Vasiliki Mylonopoulou
Olli Korhonen
Keywords: movement-related disorders; mobile application for performing exercises; motivational theories; goal setting; social comparison; personalization
Abstract:
This paper describes motivational features and personalization in a mobile application for physiotherapy-related exercises. Motivational and personalization theories are discussed in terms of being relevant for the developed application. The motivational features that were applied supported goal setting, possibilities to follow progress, personalization and possibilities to compare one’s own progress or performance with other users. During the iterative development of the application, an explorative study was conducted in which the participants were interviewed about the aspects related to motivation and personalization. In the study, the participants emphasized the importance of goal setting together with the physiotherapist and of being able to track 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 in which comparisons have been rejected. Based on the outcome of the study and on insights with respect to applying motivational theories, the implications and usefulness of the applied theories are presented and discussed.
Pages: 24 to 35
Copyright: Copyright (c) to authors, 2021. Used with permission.
Publication date: December 31, 2021
Published in: journal
ISSN: 1942-2679