TY - GEN
T1 - A Design of Handgrip Exergame System for Hypertension Prevention
AU - Anggraini, Irin Tri
AU - Xiao, Yanqi
AU - Funabiki, Nobuo
AU - Shih, Cheng Liang
AU - Liu, Jun You
AU - Fan, Chih Peng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 IEEE.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Currently, the high blood pressure or hypertension becomes the most serious risk for people around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.28 billion people at 30-79 years old are estimated to suffer from hypertension. It is known that isometric handgrip exercise using a foam ball can control the blood pressure. Then, a simple exergame system for performing this exercise while playing video games will be essential to motivate people, particularly seniors, for their health. In this paper, we design a handgrip exergame system as a low-cost one requiring only a standalone PC with a camera. The handgrip gestures for the game control are defined and will be recognized by Mediapipe. The preliminary implementation using one simple game is also presented. The practical implementation and evaluation of our proposal will be in future works.
AB - Currently, the high blood pressure or hypertension becomes the most serious risk for people around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 1.28 billion people at 30-79 years old are estimated to suffer from hypertension. It is known that isometric handgrip exercise using a foam ball can control the blood pressure. Then, a simple exergame system for performing this exercise while playing video games will be essential to motivate people, particularly seniors, for their health. In this paper, we design a handgrip exergame system as a low-cost one requiring only a standalone PC with a camera. The handgrip gestures for the game control are defined and will be recognized by Mediapipe. The preliminary implementation using one simple game is also presented. The practical implementation and evaluation of our proposal will be in future works.
KW - exergame
KW - hypertension
KW - isometric handgrip exercise
KW - Mediapipe
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U2 - 10.1109/GEM61861.2024.10585557
DO - 10.1109/GEM61861.2024.10585557
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85199494699
T3 - 2024 IEEE Gaming, Entertainment, and Media Conference, GEM 2024
BT - 2024 IEEE Gaming, Entertainment, and Media Conference, GEM 2024
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2024 IEEE Gaming, Entertainment, and Media Conference, GEM 2024
Y2 - 5 June 2024 through 7 June 2024
ER -