Input Methods for the Borg-RPE-Scale on Smartwatches

Janko Timmermann; Wilko Heuten; Susanne Boll

9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

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Input Methods for the Borg-RPE-Scale on Smartwatches

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259220,
    author={Janko Timmermann and Wilko Heuten and Susanne Boll},
    title={Input Methods for the Borg-RPE-Scale on Smartwatches},
    proceedings={9th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={EAI},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2015},
    month={8},
    keywords={perceived exertion borg-rpe-scale smartwatch android wear input},
    doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259220}
}

Janko Timmermann
Wilko Heuten
Susanne Boll
Year: 2015
Input Methods for the Borg-RPE-Scale on Smartwatches
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259220

Janko Timmermann¹^,*, Wilko Heuten¹, Susanne Boll²

1: OFFIS - Institute for Information Technology
2: University of Oldenburg

*Contact email: janko.timmermann@offis.de

Abstract

The assessment of the perceived exertion during physical activity can be a valuable addition to a healthy training. Modern smartwatches provide a good opportunity to asses the perceived exertion, but entering information is quite challenging due to the very small displays. In this paper, we present an evaluation of five different input methods for entering the perceived exertion on the Borg-RPE scale on smartwatches. Our evaluation shows that speech input is inappropriate for entering the rating while using ranges is promising.

Keywords: perceived exertion, borg-rpe-scale, smartwatch, android wear, input

Published: 2015-08-03
Publisher: EAI

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2015.259220

Input Methods for the Borg-RPE-Scale on Smartwatches

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