Technology mediated healthcare services designed to stimulate patients' self-efficacy are
widely regarded as a promising paradigm to reduce the burden on the healthcare system …

A crucial element in many mobile fitness applications is gamification that makes physical
activities fun. While many methods focus on competition and individual users' interaction …

The last two decades have seen growing interest in promoting physical activities by using
self-tracking technologies. Previous work has identified social interactions in self-tracking as …

Gamification and different exercise applications have become increasingly popular in recent
years. The common purpose of gamification is to enhance one's motivation and engagement …

This paper presents a field study on using peer-based cooperative fitness tracking (PCFT) to
promote workplace fitness. The social bonding achieved through a collective fitness goal …

Physical activity (PA) is critical to health, but PA level declines dramatically in young
adulthood. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of different social gamification …

Mobile wellness applications can motivate people to exercise more because of their
ubiquitous presence and suitable technological possibilities. Wellness applications utilize …

Throughout the last decade, there has been an alarming decrease in daily physical activity
among both children and adults. Medical experts agree that physical activity is critical to …

Sport is an area in which the number of available computing devices is growing rapidly.
However, HCI has so far devoted rather little attention to the sports domain. This workshop …

Physical activity is important for people's health, but it can be challenging especially for
people who are vulnerable because of mental disorders. This paper contributes to …