Emerging Technology Applications to Promote Physical Activity and Health

• Main Author: Lee, Jung Eun (auth)
• Other Authors: Gao, Zan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: virtual reality; Amazon Web Services; wrist-worn activity tracker; sex difference; motor skill competence; mental health; physical activity assessment; mHealth; augmented reality; musculoskeletal fitness; health navigator; Google Glass; cardiorespiratory fitness; fitness; safety; moderate-to-vigorous physical activity; young children; serious games; autism spectrum disorder; physical exercise; locomotor skills; active video game; air quality; app; Google; perceived environmental factor; motor activity; active video gaming; anxiety; digital health; narrative review; preoperative experience; real-time physical activity; quality of life; smartglasses; Amazon; intelligence quotient; mobile phone-based health intervention; Korean American immigrant women; Fitbits; exercise; epoch; wearable technology; measurement; active video games; preoperative anxiety; sedentary behaviour; mammogram; sedentary behavior; heart rate; social cognitive theory; senior citizens; social communication; breast cancer; technology; physical activity; Autism; accelerometry; socio-ecological model; light physical activity; recreational physical activity; screen based sedentary behavior; accelerometers; placement site; virtual reality game; pedometers; object control skills; depression; physical activity levels
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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 exa...