HealthSit: designing posture-based interaction to promote exercise during fitness breaks
| Autor: | Bin Yu, Yuan Lu, Yu Chen, Pearl Pu, Xipei Ren |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Systemic Change, Future Everyday |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
productivity posture-based interaction media_common.quotation_subject sedentary time Human Factors and Ergonomics SDG 3 – Goede gezondheid en welzijn Office workers Physical medicine and rehabilitation Interactivity User experience design work SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being 0502 economics and business medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Quality (business) workplace fitness-promoting technology Set (psychology) physical-activity lower-back stretch intrinsic motivation 050107 human factors media_common people business.industry 05 social sciences Work (physics) Sedentary behavior Fitness work Work breaks Computer Science Applications Human-Computer Interaction 050211 marketing Psychology business programs |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 35(10), 870-885. Taylor and Francis Ltd. |
| ISSN: | 1044-7318 |
| Popis: | This research was motivated by a desire to help office workers change their sedentary behavior because a prolonged sedentary posture increases the risks of developing musculoskeletal injuries and chronic diseases, thus threatening their physical and psychological well-being. Regular breaks involving low-effort physical activities are effective in reducing the adverse impacts of inactive behaviors. In this article, we present the design of a posture-based interactive system called HealthSit, which was developed to promote a short lower-back stretching exercise during work breaks. Through a within-subject study involving 30 office workers, the effectiveness of HealthSit in facilitating the stretching exercise was examined by making comparisons between an interaction-aided, a guided, and a self-directed exercise mode. We also used HealthSit as a research probe to investigate the interactivity of the system in enhancing user experience and the psychological benefits of the fitness breaks. Compared with the other two modes, the interaction-aided exercise mode significantly improved the quality of the stretching exercise and enhanced motivation and emotional state. These results confirm the effectiveness of HealthSit in supporting fitness breaks as a new workplace technology. Based on our study, a set of design implications have been derived for technology-assisted fitness work breaks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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