Paper Info
Title
Motivating people with chronic pain to do physical activity: opportunities for technology design
Abstract
Physical activity is important for improving quality of life in people with chronic pain. However, actual or anticipated pain exacerbation, and lack of confidence when doing physical activity, make it difficult to maintain and build towards long-term activity goals. Research guiding the design of interactive technology to motivate and support physical activity in people with chronic pain is lacking. We conducted studies with: (1) people with chronic pain, to understand how they maintained and increased physical activity in daily life and what factors deterred them; and (2) pain-specialist physiotherapists, to understand how they supported people with chronic pain. Building on this understanding, we investigated the use of auditory feedback to address some of the psychological barriers and needs identified and to increase self-efficacy, motivation and confidence in physical activity. We conclude by discussing further design opportunities based on the overall findings.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2556288.2557268
human factors in computing systems
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
technology design,chronic pain,design opportunity,anticipated pain exacerbation,pain-specialist physiotherapist,overall finding,auditory feedback,interactive technology,motivating people,daily life,long-term activity goal,physical activity
Conference
27
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.34
14
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aneesha Singh110011.76
Annina Klapper2271.34
Jinni Jia3271.34
antonio rei fidalgo4271.34
Ana Tajadura-Jiménez5978.67
Natalie Kanakam6512.74
Nadia Bianchi-Berthouze7123998.61
Amanda Williams8362.18