What is it about?

We propose an exergame to reduce resistance to exercise and maintain motivation in adolescents with orthostatic dysregulation (OD). Our exergame is synchronized with exercises for lying posture and played on a smartphone. We conducted experiments to verify the effectiveness of our exergame. The experiments showed that the use of the exergame has a positive effect on the participants' emotions during exercise.

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Why is it important?

In recent years, serious and prolonged cases of OD, an autonomic nervous system disorder that causes dizziness and palpitations upon standing up, have been increasing, and the number of adolescents with serious conditions resulting in school absences has been increasing. One of the reasons for this is deconditioning, i.e., declining physical function due to long periods of inactivity. Therefore, exercise therapy is considered an effective treatment method. Exercise is recommended as a way to resolve deconditioning, but patients with OD have difficulty exercising while standing due to their symptoms. While exercises that can be done in a lying or sitting position are effective in resolving deconditioning, it is pointed out that there is a challenge in maintaining motivation. Therefore, a method that maintains the motivation of OD children to exercise is needed.

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Considering our exergame's actual use, I think we need to devise a way to make players want to play the game continually, such as scenarios and many stages. We hope that by creating such devices and developing this research further, we can reduce the number of children suffering from OD by one or more.

Hitomi Miyazaki
Tokyo Metropolitan University

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This page is a summary of: Development of Exergame to Resolve Deconditioning in Children with Orthostatic Dysregulation, July 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery),
DOI: 10.1145/3532719.3543212.
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