Emerging Technology Applications to Promote Physical Activity and Health

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: accelerometers; accelerometry; active video game; active video games; active video gaming; air quality; Amazon; Amazon Web Services; anxiety; app; augmented reality; Autism; autism spectrum disorder; breast cancer; cardiorespiratory fitness; depression; digital health; epoch; exercise; Fitbits; fitness; Google; Google Glass; health navigator; heart rate; intelligence quotient; Korean American immigrant women; light physical activity; locomotor skills; mammogram; measurement; mental health; mHealth; mobile phone-based health intervention; moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; motor activity; motor skill competence; musculoskeletal fitness; narrative review; object control skills; pedometers; perceived environmental factor; physical activity; physical activity assessment; physical activity levels; physical exercise; placement site; preoperative anxiety; preoperative experience; quality of life; real-time physical activity; recreational physical activity; safety; screen based sedentary behavior; sedentary behavior; sedentary behaviour; senior citizens; serious games; sex difference; smartglasses; social cognitive theory; social communication; socio-ecological model; technology; virtual reality; virtual reality game; wearable technology; wrist-worn activity tracker; young children
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• ISBN: 9783038977087; books978-3-03897-709-4
• Access: Open Access

As technology becomes an ever-more prevalent part of everyday life, and population-based physical activity programs seek new ways to increase life-long engagement with physical activity, these two ideas have become increasingly linked. This Special Issue attempts to offer a thorough and critical examination of emerging technologies in physical activity and health promotion, considering technological interventions in different contexts (communities, clinics, schools, homes, etc.) among various populations, exploring the challenges of integrating technology into physical activity promotion, and offering solutions for its implementation. This Special Issue aims to take a broadly positive stance toward interactive technology initiatives and, while discussing some negative implications of an increased use of technology, offers practical recommendations for promoting physical activity through various emerging technologies, including, but not limited to: Active video games (exergaming); social media; mobile device apps; health wearables; mobile games, augmented reality games, global positioning and geographic information systems; and virtual reality. Offering a logical and clear critique of emerging technologies in physical activity and health promotion, this Special Issue will provide useful suggestions and practical implications for researchers, practitioners, and educators in the fields of public health, kinesiology, physical activity and health, and healthcare.