Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Date (from‐to) : 2016/04 -2019/03
Author : Ebara Takeshi; KAMIJIMA Michihiro; YAMAGUCHI Chikae; AKIYAMA Tomohiro; AZUMA Ryohei; NOMURA Masato; KURIHARA Takahiro; YAMADA Shota; YAMAMOTO Kojiro; MATSUKI Taro
Following the recent changes in working and life styles with the penetration of the Internet of Things technologies, increasing attention has been paid on the health impacts of non-specific neck pain (neck MSD) accompanying long-term use of smartphones. This study tried to develop an action-oriented smartphone app that promotes the positive change of behavior when using smartphones and to elucidate the factors relevant to the neck MSDs.
The main outcomes are as follows: 1) We investigated current trends of mobile devices, and sorted out issues related to labor management on a growing job market of crowdsourcing work, 2) In order to investigate the influence of smartphone use on neck MSD, lifelog measurements were conducted using the app “MotionLogger” that can record objective behavioral data using built-in sensors of smartphone, and 3) In examining the specifications of the app, we implemented a marketing research for its functions / utilities applying the Regulatory-focus theory.