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ArticlePloS one2017

A natural user interface to integrate citizen science and physical exercise.

Eduardo Palermo, Jeffrey Laut, Oded Nov, Paolo Cappa, Maurizio Porfiri

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Eduardo PalermoDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America.
Jeffrey LautDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America.
Oded NovDepartment of Technology Management and Innovation, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America.
Paolo CappaDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America.
Maurizio PorfiriDepartment of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY, United States of America.
New York University · USSapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Citizen science enables volunteers to contribute to scientific projects, where massive data collection and analysis are often required. Volunteers participate in citizen science activities online from their homes or in the field and are motivated by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Here, we investigated the possibility of integrating citizen science tasks within physical exercises envisaged as part of a potential rehabilitation therapy session. The citizen science activity entailed environmental mapping of a polluted body of water using a miniature instrumented boat, which was remotely controlled by the participants through their physical gesture tracked by a low-cost markerless motion capture system. Our findings demonstrate that the natural user interface offers an engaging and effective means for performing environmental monitoring tasks. At the same time, the citizen science activity increases the commitment of the participants, leading to a better motion performance, quantified through an array of objective indices. The study constitutes a first and necessary step toward rehabilitative treatments of the upper limb through citizen science and low-cost markerless optical systems.

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ExerciseTask Performance and AnalysisVolunteersAdultEnvironmental MonitoringExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMovementResearchScienceWater PollutionYoung Adult

Identifiers

PMID28231261
PMCPMC5322974
OpenAlexW2590004848

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