Virtual Fitness Trail: A Complete Program for Elderlies to Perform Physical Activity at Home

Mondellini, Marta; Sacco, Marco; Greci, Luca

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-58465-8_12

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“…In addition to being strongly associated, the inclusion of digital technology with body movement enhances cognitive improvement in older people. The recent advanced applications offer home training programs for older adults using virtual immersion devices, although at the moment they need to be further tested and validated before being proposed for autonomous physical activity at home [ 47 ].…”

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Mental health of older people in social isolation: the role of physical activity at home during the COVID-19 pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic involves a new coronavirus characterized by a respiratory disease resulting from an infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome by coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The severity and fatality of COVID-19 are directly related to age and immunocompromised states, with older adults making up the vast majority of cases. The elderly with a higher risk of serious complications due to COVID-19 and deaths are also the group most susceptible to the damage of social isolation, impacting on mental health, resulting in a more sedentary lifestyle, and health problems due to several causes, implying need for greater attention, care and protection. Physical activity has shown excellent results for mental health, being used in different treatments and populations, when considering the elderly, one of the ways to mitigate this impact on mental health is the practice of physical activity. Here, we discuss the impacts of social isolation on mental health and the role of physical activity and exercise in the homes of the elderly as a way to protect the spread of other diseases from all causes during the COVID-19 pandemic period. To this end, we discuss some possibilities that can be used by the elderly in the period of social isolation, to the point of remaining active within their homes.

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“…Others offer strength training for their users to improve muscular power (𝑛=7). The remaining types of physical training targeted by XR exergames are balance (𝑛=8, [21,168]), skill (𝑛=8, [32,282]), flexibility (𝑛=4, [31,238]), and coordination/reaction training (𝑛=7, [7,139]).…”

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Born to Run, Programmed to Play: Mapping the Extended Reality Exergames Landscape

Karaosmanoglu,

Cmentowski,

Nacke

et al. 2024

Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Many people struggle to exercise regularly, raising the risk of serious health-related issues. Extended reality (XR) exergames address these hurdles by combining physical exercises with enjoyable, immersive gameplay. While a growing body of research explores XR exergames, no previous review has structured this rapidly expanding research landscape. We conducted a scoping review of the current state of XR exergame research to (i) provide a structured overview, (ii) highlight trends, and (iii) uncover knowledge gaps. After identifying 1318 papers in human-computer interaction and medical databases, we ultimately included 186 papers in our analysis. We provide a quantitative and qualitative summary of XR exergame research, showing current trends and potential future considerations. Finally, we provide a taxonomy of XR exergames to help future design and methodological investigation and reporting. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Mixed / augmented reality; Virtual reality; HCI theory, concepts and models; • Software and its engineering → Interactive games.

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Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Interventions for Physical Activity: A Systematic Review

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Reen

Eneze

et al. 2022

2022 IEEE 10th International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health(SeGAH)

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Virtual Fitness Trail: A Complete Program for Elderlies to Perform Physical Activity at Home

Cited by 4 publications

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Mental health of older people in social isolation: the role of physical activity at home during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mental health of older people in social isolation: the role of physical activity at home during the COVID-19 pandemic

Born to Run, Programmed to Play: Mapping the Extended Reality Exergames Landscape

Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality Interventions for Physical Activity: A Systematic Review

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