title: Assisting people with disabilities in actively performing physical activities by controlling the preferred environmental stimulation with a gyration air mouse.
abstract: The latest researchers have employed software technology to turn gyration air mice into a high performance limb detector to detect specific limb movement, and to further collaborate using the preferred environmental stimulation to help people with disabilities to suppress unwanted behaviors or habits and to reward good behaviors. This study extended the functionality of a gyration air mouse, and used the mouse as a precise physical activity detector integrated with the preferred environmental stimulation to assess if this integrated set can be used to help two disabled people who are overweight and lacking in exercise to actively perform physical activities. The study was conducted based on an A-B-A-B design. The results showed that both participants increased significantly the time duration required for them to maintain their physical activity status so that they could obtain their favorite environmental stimulation during the intervention phases. Both the practical and developmental implications of the findings are then discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Ching-Tien
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Ching-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Ching-Hsing
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D004777:Environment; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D059015:Wireless Technology
keywords: ABAB design; Gyration air mouse; Physical activity