Playful home training for falls prevention: A pilot study using a mechatronical exergame

Jari Due Jessen; Henrik Hautop  Lund

Playful home training for falls prevention: A pilot study using a mechatronical exergame

Jari Due Jessen, Henrik Hautop Lund

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Abstract

Falling is a big issue among elderly, and prevention of falling is of big importance both for the individual and for society at large. In this paper we present a pilot study with fun exergaming equipment in private homes. The initial findings in the small pilot study suggests that this kind of training makes the elderly train more than they normally do, and they continue to find the training fun for up to 70 training times. Such motivation to train this much is important to understand, since studies of elderly people’s barriers to exercises indicate that motivation can be one of the very common barriers. Further, the paper describes how future research within the field will be structured.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2015 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
Publisher	IEEE
Publication date	2015
Pages	311-317
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4673-9107-8
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics - BEXCO, Busan, Korea, Republic of Duration: 7 Jul 2015 → 11 Jul 2015 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7190945/proceeding

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Conference	2015 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics
Location	BEXCO
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Busan
Period	07/07/2015 → 11/07/2015
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/7190945/proceeding

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Elderly
Home exercise
Exergame
Mechatronic
Playware

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Playful home training for falls prevention: A pilot study using a mechatronical exergame

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