MULTIMEDIA FITNESS PROMOTION FOR SEDENTARY ADULTS

本研究的目的是开发和评估交互软件，并将其与固定式健身器材相结合。目标是：1)完成软件开发并与健身机集成，2)通过(a)过程测量来评估效果，以了解潜在用户在生产过程中对产品开发的反应；(b)生理指标，包括对心率、血压和身体成分的影响；(c)运动频率和持续时间、运动间隔、纵向坚持和阶段变化的行为测量；(d)多变量分级练习考试；3)为健身产品的传播做好准备。该产品将有助于激励久坐不动的成年人采用并保持锻炼计划，使体验变得愉快和有教育意义。软件接口将允许计算机处理来自脉搏监测器和固定运动器械（如跑步机、固定自行车、爬楼梯者、越野健身机等）的数据。将锻炼机与交互式计算机程序相结合，将减少第一阶段受试者与锻炼相关的乏味感，同时为用户提供有关锻炼进度的基本信息。该软件将在各种各样的计算机和电视系统上运行，并将用于家庭，健康俱乐部，hmo和工作场所。拟议的商业应用：1996年，美国人在健身器材上花费了约26亿美元，比1988年增长了210%。1996年固定设备销售的具体数据（从88年到96年的变化）：跑步机，7.25亿美元（增长262%），X-C滑雪机，2.55亿美元（增长325%）；自行车，1.7亿美元（+38%）；爬楼梯机，1.3亿美元（420%）。到2001年，dvdtv将占互动娱乐产业的20%。dvd可容纳超过两小时的全屏、全动态视频，或文本、图形、音频和视频的组合，多达8种语言，字幕多达32种语言，非常适合交互式学习。3、4电视- pc -互联网的融合将在2-4年内成为现实。5100年

The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate interactive software, and integrate it with stationary exercise machines. The objectives are: 1) complete software development and integration with exercise machines, 2) evaluate effects through (a) process measures to see how potential users react o product development during production; (b) physiological measures including effects on heart rate, blood pressure, and body composition; (c) behavioral measures of frequency and duration of exercise, between sessions, longitudinal adherence, and stage change; (d) a multi-variable graded exercise exam; and 3) prepare for the dissemination of the fitness product. The product will help motivate sedentary adults to adopt and maintain an exercise program by making the experience enjoyable and educational. A software interface will allow a computer to process data from pulse monitors and stationary exercise machines such as treadmills, stationary bikes, stair climbers, cross country skin machines, etc. Combining an exercise machine with interactive computer programs will reduce tedium Phase I subjects' associated with exercise, while providing users with essential information about their progress. This software will operate on a wide variety of computer and TV systems, and will be for use in homes, health clubs, HMOs, and worksites. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: Americans spent about $2.6 billion on exercise equipment in '96, up 210% from '88. Specific data on stationary equipment sales in '96 (& change from '88 to '96): treadmills, $725 million (+262%), X-C ski machines, $255 million (325%); bicycles, $170 million (+38%); stair climbing machines, $130 million (420%). 1DVDTV will be 20% of the interactive entertainment industry by 2001. 2DVDs hold over two hours of full-screen, full motion video, or a combination of text, graphics, audio and video, in up to eight languages with subtitles in up to 32 languages, making it well suited for interactive learning. 3,4 TV-PC-Internet convergence will a reality in 2-4 years. 5,100