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Can Digital Coaching Boost Your Performance? – A Qualitative Study among Physically Active People

2019

The use of sport and wellness technology devices among athletes is highly popular. At the same time the demand for easy to understand, clear, and personalized information is also growing. Instead of numbers, users need and want solutions. Digital coaching can offer solutions for this by providing valuable training data and offering guidance and instructions on how to improve the training. This exploratory study focuses on the experiences, needs, and wants regarding a digital coach application among physically active people, more precisely crosscountry skiers. We found that the digital coach was perceived to have motivational elements. It was also viewed having potential to increase the awar…

Using Sport and Wellness Technology to Promote Physical Activity: An Intervention Study among Teenagers

2019

Life-long physical activity patterns are established during teenage years. Thus, promoting physical activity for teenagers is important. Sport and wellness technology shows promise for promoting physical activity. Yet, its research with teenage populations is sparse. This intervention study focused on whether using a sport and wellness technology application could affect the physical activity intention of teenagers, its antecedents, and the antecedents’ effects on intention by using the theory of planned behavior combined with the concept of self-efficacy as a theoretical framework. The results showed no statistically significant difference between the intervention and the control group in …

Can Sport and Wellness Technology be My Personal Trainer? : Teenagers and Digital Coaching

2018

The attention towards digital coaching solutions has increased among users of sport and wellness technologies, the related industry, the healthcare and wellness sector, and among scholars. However, as the commercial digital coaching solutions are rather novel, the number of studies about their influence or the usage experiences is still rather limited. Another topic that is lacking research is the relationship of teenagers and sport and wellness technology. Since using the internet and technological devices on a daily basis has become the norm for teenagers, it is worth paying attention to how technology could be developed in order to better motivate them towards a healthier lifestyle. The …

Digital coaching and athlete’s self-efficacy : A quantitative study on sport and wellness technology

2018

The use and demand for sport and wellness technology devices among athletes are increasing. The technology is used to improve the quality of training but also to improve quality of life by, for example, reducing risk of injury. Together with the increased interest towards sport and wellness technology, the demand for clear and easy to understand personalized information is growing. Digital coaching offers solutions for this demand by not only providing valuable training data but also offering instructions and guidance on how to improve the training. By doing this, the sport and wellness technology can act as a personal coach and therefore can also affect athletes’ confidence and perception …

Ideal Types of Sport and Wellness Technology Users

2017

A demand exists for the increasing understanding of consumers’ motives and habits related to exercising and the influence of sport and wellness technology on everyday lives. This study aims to shred light to the different types of users of sport and wellness technology by examining the influential aspects of sport and wellness technology and gamification. By thematically analyzing data from 16 indepth interviews, one group interview, and one set of observation, the study highlights the unique characteristics of the sport and wellness technology users by grouping them into ideal types that represents data as extensively as possible. An ideal type is an analytical construct to ascertain devia…

Using Digital Coaching to Promote Physical Activity to University Students with Low Levels of Physical Activity : A Qualitative Intervention Study

2021

Utvikling av verdikjeden oppstrøms for Trebyggeriet AS

2003

Hovedoppgave i Industriell økonomi og informasjonsledelse, Høgskolen i Agder, Grimstad Vi har i denne oppgaven sett på muligheten til å utvikle verdikjeden oppstrøms for en produsent av trekonstruksjoner. Trebyggeriet AS er en nyetablert bedrift lokalisert på Kjetså i Evje og Hornnes kommune. I produksjonen benyttes en datastyrt pre-cut maskin til å forme trelasten. Dette er en teknologi som ikke har vært benyttet før i Norge, men som har utviklet seg over en 10 – 15 års periode i Mellom-Europa. For å oppnå en effektiv vareflyt og minimale mengder avkapp av materialene kreves det andre egenskaper ved leveransene enn det som er vanlig i Norge i dag. I Tyskland, hvor denne teknologien har vær…