Title :
Informative virtual reality app for preventing lower member injuries
Author :
Prada-Dominguez, Eliana ; Valdivia-Trujillo, Sergio ; Uribe-Quevedo, Alvaro ; Perez-Gutierrez, Byron
Author_Institution :
Ind. Eng., Mil. Nueva Granada Univ., Bogota, Colombia
Abstract :
Within the lower member the knee plays an important role in daily locomotor activities; however, several factors such as sedentarism, lack of exercise or incorrect postures may lead to possible musculoskeletal problems. The global impact of massif growth of mobile market, smartphones are becoming a suitable tool for providing information and services to users, resulting in increasing adoption of e-health and m-health solutions. This project explores the development of an application for mobile devices and web that provides information about functional anatomy, common injuries, musculoskeletal disorders along with prevention tips and health care exercises.
Keywords :
Internet; medical computing; mobile computing; virtual reality; e-health; health care exercises; informative virtual reality app; locomotor activity; lower member injury prevention; m-health solutions; mobile devices; mobile market; musculoskeletal disorders; musculoskeletal problems; smart phones; Educational institutions; Injuries; Knee; Ligaments; Three-dimensional displays;
Conference_Titel :
Games Media Entertainment (GEM), 2014 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7545-7
DOI :
10.1109/GEM.2014.7048104