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Increasing the Intensity over Time of an Electric-Assist Bike Based on the User and Route: The Bike Becomes the Gym
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Materia
Personalized assistance level
Coaching
Physical activity
Electric bicycles
Clasificación UNESCO
1203 Ciencia de los ordenadores
Fecha de publicación
2018
Editor
MDPI Publishing (Basilea, Suiza)
Citación
De La Iglesia, D.H., De Paz, J.F., Villarrubia González, G., Barriuso, A.L., Bajo, J., Corchado, J.M. (2018). Increasing the Intensity over Time of an Electric-Assist Bike Based on the User and Route: The Bike Becomes the Gym. Sensors, 18, pp. 220.
Resumen
[EN]Nowadays, many citizens have busy days that make finding time for physical activity
difficult. Thus, it is important to provide citizens with tools that allow them to introduce physical
activity into their lives as part of the day’s routine. This article proposes an app for an electric
pedal-assist-system (PAS) bicycle that increases the pedaling intensity so the bicyclist can achieve
higher and higher levels of physical activity. The app includes personalized assist levels that have
been adapted to the user’s strength/ability and a profile of the route, segmented according to its
slopes. Additionally, a social component motivates interaction and competition between users based
on a scoring system that shows the level of their performances. To test the training module, a
case study in three different European countries lasted four months and included nine people who
traveled 551 routes. The electric PAS bicycle with the app that increases intensity of physical activity
shows promise for increasing levels of physical activity as a regular part of the day
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ISSN
1424-8220
DOI
10.3390/s18010220
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