Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Accessible Fitness Technology(also: Inclusive Exercise Technology, Adaptive Fitness Tech)
- Technologies designed to enable people with disabilities to engage in physical exercise independently and effectively. Accessible fitness technology spans audio-based exercise games, haptic workout guides, accessible gym equipment, VR exergames, and wearable activity trackers…
- Body Awareness(also: Body Schema, Body Image)
- The understanding of one's own body including its structure, posture, position in space, and relationship to the environment. Body awareness encompasses both the physical sense of where body parts are (proprioception) and the cognitive understanding of body shape, proportions,…
- Exercise Accessibility(also: Fitness Accessibility, Accessible Physical Activity)
- The design of exercise environments, equipment, programs, and technologies to be usable by people with disabilities. Exercise accessibility encompasses both physical spaces (accessible gyms, adapted tracks, swimming pools with lifts) and the technologies and guidance systems…
- Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity(also: MVPA)
- A classification of exercise intensity used in public health guidelines that encompasses physical activity raising heart rate to 60-80% or more of heart rate reserve. MVPA is the threshold recommended by health organizations for meaningful health benefits including…
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