Accepted for/Published in: JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Date Submitted: May 11, 2018
Open Peer Review Period: May 14, 2018 - Jul 9, 2018
Date Accepted: Sep 25, 2018
(closed for review but you can still tweet)
From problem to solution: A guide on architecture, design and evaluation of an injury surveillance and workload monitoring app for cricket
ABSTRACT
Background:
Mobile apps are a cost effective tool for monitoring health conditions, however their role in monitoring cricket related injuries in unexplored.
Objective:
The aims of this study are to present a method for the development of a mobile app on injury surveillance and workload monitoring in cricket, and to evaluate the feedback from its users on functionality, utility and design of the app.
Methods:
TeamDoc mobile App for Android and Apple smartphones was developed using three languages C++, Qt Modeling Language (QML) and JavaScript. For server-side connectivity, PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) was used as it is a commonly-used cross-platform language. PHP includes components that interacts with popular Database Management Systems (DBMSs), allowing for secure interaction with databases on a server-level. Evaluation of the app was done by administrating the validated user version of Mobile Application Rating Scale (uMARS).
Results:
TeamDoc is the first complimentary, standalone mobile app that records cricket injuries through a smartphone. It can also record cricketing workloads, which are known risk factors for injury. The App can be used without the need of supplementary computer devices for synchronization, and showed satisfactory user ratings (3.6/5) on the uMARS, showing its acceptability by cricketers.
Conclusions:
Electronic injury surveillance systems have been shown to improve data collection during competitive sport. Therefore, TeamDoc may assist in improving injury reporting and may also act as a monitoring system for coaching staff to adjust individual training workloads. The methods described in this paper provide a template to researchers to develop similar Apps for other sports.
Citation
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