Promoting Physical Activity for Elderly People: Towards a Hybrid Coaching?

Jérôme Dinet (1) , Rui Nouchi (2) , Kohei Sakaki (3) , Laurent Dupont (4) , Laure Coudrat (1) , François Charpillet (5, 6)

1 2LPN - Laboratoire lorrain de psychologie et neurosciences de la dynamique des comportements
2 Tohoku University [Sendai]
3 Department of Functional Brain Imaging, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer (IDAC), Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
4 ERPI - Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs
5 FST - Faculté des Sciences et Technologies [Université de Lorraine]
6 LARSEN - Lifelong Autonomy and interaction skills for Robots in a Sensing ENvironment

By using a qualitative method (focus group) with 42 seniors, this exploratory study is aiming to investigate attitudes and opinions of seniors about five types of trainers/coaches (self-training, human personal trainer, robot, virtual immersion, E-coach) to promote physical activity. Our results tend to confirm that a hybrid solution such as an E-coach (combining human appearance and digital dimensions) could be the most relevant and acceptable for elderly people to promote and maintain physical activity at home.

Mots clés: E-coach; Physical activity; Elderly people; Qualitative study; Attitudes

Domaines: Informatique [cs]; Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]

Jérôme Dinet, Rui Nouchi, Kohei Sakaki, Laurent Dupont, Laure Coudrat, et al.. Promoting Physical Activity for Elderly People: Towards a Hybrid Coaching?. ERGO'IA 2021, Oct 2021, Bidart, France. ⟨hal-03365471⟩