Using augmented reality and behavioural change techniques to assist children in their physiotherapy recovery

本项目旨在调查行为改变技术在移动应用程序中的使用情况，该应用程序将在儿童物理治疗康复和恢复期间在家中使用。这款应用旨在鼓励孩子积极参与康复，并使用游戏化技术来保持孩子的兴趣和动力。将采用改变行为的技术，以减少对其康复的消极态度，并制定行动计划和积极态度，以实现其康复目标。作为第一步，我正在研究iPad的增强现实功能，目的是创建一个应用程序，跟踪用户的动作，并向用户和理疗师提供反馈。第一个小型原型将用于评估增强现实功能的可行性，并将由物理治疗保健工作者进行评估。从那里，我将开始迭代开发应用程序，包括专家（物理治疗师和行为改变专家）和健康儿童群体，为应用程序创建奖励系统和反馈收集技术。最后的应用程序将旨在探索这些行为改变技术对远程康复的有效性，并可能为医疗保健专业人员提供一个工具，用于在家治疗患者。

This project is to investigate the use of behavioural change techniques in a mobile application to be used at home during a child's physiotherapy rehabilitation and recovery. The app will aim to encourage active participation in recovery and use gamification techniques to keep the child interested and motivated. Behavioural change techniques will be deployed to reduce negative attitudes towards their rehabilitation and build action plans and positive attitudes towards achieving their recovery goals. As a first step, I am investigating the Augmented Reality capabilities of the iPad with the intention of building an app that tracks the user's movements and provides feedback to the users and physios. The first small prototype will be used to evaluate the feasibility of the augmented reality features and will be evaluated by a physiotherapy healthcare worker. From there, I will begin iteratively developing the app including both experts (physiotherapists and behavioural change experts) and groups of healthy children to create reward systems and feedback gathering techniques for the app. The final app will aim explore the effectiveness of these behavioural change techniques for telerehabilitation and potentially provide a tool for healthcare professionals to use with their patients at home.