A smartphone based approach to enhance older persons' mobility in daily life.
Objective This paper aims to present a new approach for stimulating physical activity in older people. We created a new activity app to introduce older people to planning trips in their hometown using a smartphone, and hence increase activity. This paper presents our methodological approach and the...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 109 - 115 |
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International Society for Gerontechnology
2017
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