Ramirez Herrera, R;
Holloway, C;
Morgado Ramirez, D;
Zhang, B;
CHO, Y;
(2020)
Breathing Biofeedback Relaxation Intervention for Wheelchair Users in City Navigation.
In:
2020 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC).
(pp. pp. 4575-4578).
IEEE: Montreal, QC, Canada, Canada.
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Abstract
Manual wheelchair users experience numerous invisible barriers while navigating cities, often reporting how stressful journeys are. This stress affects a wheelchair user's quality of life. To alleviate such psychological burden, we propose a novel intervention strategy with a respiratory biofeedback interface which is designed to help users feel relaxed in urban navigation. We conducted a study in a real-world setting to explore its potential to provide real-time psychological support. From qualitative and quantitative analysis, we report on the strengths and weaknesses of the approach.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Breathing Biofeedback Relaxation Intervention for Wheelchair Users in City Navigation |
| Event: | 42nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in conjunction with the 43rd Annual Conference of the Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society |
| Location: | Montreal, Canada |
| Dates: | 20 July 2020 - 24 July 2020 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176144 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC44109.2020.9176144 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094921 |
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