"But, I don't take steps": Examining the Inaccessibility of Fitness Trackers for Wheelchair Athletes
Patrick Carrington, Kevin Chang, Helena Mentis, Amy Hurst · 2015 · ASSETS '15: Proceedings of the 17th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers & Accessibility
This paper investigates why wheelchair athletes show low adoption of wearable fitness trackers despite interest in tracking physical activity. The authors interviewed five wheelchair athletes (participating in hand cycling, rugby, basketball, and tennis) and three physical and…
wheelchair · adaptive sports · fitness tracking · wearable computing · Quantified Self