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Proposal of Muscular Strength Improvement Application Design for the Elderly : Focusing on the Case of S city

노인층의 근력향상 애플리케이션을 위한 디자인 제안 : S시 사례를 중심으로

  • Cho, Yeong Ran (Dept. of U-Design, Graduaduate School, Inje University) ;
  • Choi, Min Joo (Industry-Academia Cooperation Group, Inje University) ;
  • Paik, Jin Kyung (Division of Multimedia Design, Inje University)
  • Received : 2022.04.13
  • Accepted : 2022.07.14
  • Published : 2022.07.31
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Abstract

We suggest the development of a mobile muscular savings account application as a more effective and consistent strategy to avoid sarcopenia, one of the elderly diseases, based on the researcher's experience conducting a handwritten 'muscle saving account' in the S city of the metropolitan area. The analysis of currently existent healthcare-related applications shows that muscle strength improvement and maintenance applications are needed to improve easy use and access without burden for elderly users because there are many functions, and it can be difficult for the elderly to use the application. A survey of participants who used handwritten 'muscle savings accounts' was conducted before the design development to measure user satisfaction. Based on this, the suggested application's design is similar to the handwritten type, functionalities are modified for easy usage by the elderly, and information is intuitively comprehended and presented properly using color contrast and Sans serif font. We plan to conduct a survey of the elderly who did not participate in the project as part of follow-up research, and afterward continue the research on the development of customized applications optimized for the prevention of sarcopenia in the elderly for muscle strength improvement and maintenance based on the results.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2020S1A5C2A02 092454)

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