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Preventing Complications with Improved Physical Activity: Can Self-Monitoring Technologies Help?
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Scientific Study Title:
Preventing Complications with Improved Physical Activity: Can Self-Monitoring Technologies Help?
Start Date:
  • 2015
End Date:
  • 2019
Research Category
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Linda Li
Senior Scientist, Implementation Science, BSc(PT), MSc, PhD, FCAHS

What did we do?

Execution of Research

We conducted a pilot study with 20 patients with RA or knee OA, of those 11 were interviewed to share their experiences after using Fitbit and FitViz for a month.

 

 

How Can People Get Involved?

Involvement

Physiotherapists and individuals who were diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or lupus or osteoarthritis.

Related Publications

Gupta A, Heng T, Shaw C, Li LC, Feehan LM. Designing pervasive technology for physical activity self-management in arthritis patients. Conference Proceeding. The 12th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth’18, May 2018. New York, USA.

Gupta A, Tong X, Shaw C, Li LC, Feehan L. FitViz: A personal informatics tool for self-management of rheumatoid arthritis. Conference Proceeding. In: Stephanidis C. (eds) HCI International 2017 – Posters’ Extended Abstracts. HCI 2017. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 714. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58753-0_35. Vancouver, BC.

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