Mobile Health Technology

Uses

How it works

Dosage & preparation

Highlighted claims

• The MOTAFIT intervention uses three linked tools: Polar Flow for Coach for the exercise specialist, the Polar Flow smartphone app for participants, and the Polar Ignite 2 fitness watch. — Feasibility of a mobile health intervention to motivate adolescent fitness and high-intensity exercise adherence (Motivating Adolescent Fitness (MOTAFIT)): protocol for a randomised controlled trial
• During workouts, the watch provides visual and haptic alerts indicating whether the participant is in the correct heart-rate zone. — Feasibility of a mobile health intervention to motivate adolescent fitness and high-intensity exercise adherence (Motivating Adolescent Fitness (MOTAFIT)): protocol for a randomised controlled trial
• Tailored text messages are initially sent daily, then reduced to weekly frequency after 4 weeks. — Feasibility of a mobile health intervention to motivate adolescent fitness and high-intensity exercise adherence (Motivating Adolescent Fitness (MOTAFIT)): protocol for a randomised controlled trial
• Message selection follows a decision tree based on watch-recorded adherence, including completed sessions, session duration, and time in the prescribed heart-rate zone. — Feasibility of a mobile health intervention to motivate adolescent fitness and high-intensity exercise adherence (Motivating Adolescent Fitness (MOTAFIT)): protocol for a randomised controlled trial
• The exercise specialist uses post-session feedback, daily physical activity data, and exercising heart-rate data to modify and progress the programme. — Feasibility of a mobile health intervention to motivate adolescent fitness and high-intensity exercise adherence (Motivating Adolescent Fitness (MOTAFIT)): protocol for a randomised controlled trial