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Problem Statement. For both patients and their families, the use of medical diaries represents an up-todate approach, especially in the digital information context. In Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy, the patient's diary acquires specific valences, overcoming the purely medical interpretation, and moving to the occupational side, which gives individualization notes of the clinical context. In the field of Sports Science, there are also many mobile applications that serve to monitor health and physical fitness levels. Purpose. The aim of this study was to develop an application for mobile devices as an occupational diary, able to provide synthetic information regarding the clients'/patients' occupational profile and needs. Methods. We designed a mobile software application by using a free mobile app builder. With the help of the interactive interface, the user of our application has easy access to multiple pages with descriptive technical elements of the software application, information about the terminology used, assessment questionnaires and tools. Results. We proposed an accessible electronic diary for client's daily activities survey, adapted for the Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy practice domain of intervention. Discussion. Electronic diaries allow the use of new information technologies to create highly accurate databases that can be adapted to different clinical contexts. Through this approach, we have been able to develop an accessible electronic diary, which is addressed to the clinical environment and adapted to the practice of the Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy. Our application can also serve as an incentive factor to stimulate the individual to improve his physical fitness by awareness of the need for daily physical exercise. Conclusions. An electronic diary of occupational activities, designed for the use on smartphone/tablet for different types of patients/clients, can help both the developing of professional reasoning and the ability to provide a clear, fast, and tailored feedback for each beneficiary. A distinct finality of the proposed application is to motivate the beneficiaries to adopt a healthy and active lifestyle based on physical exercise.

Realization of step exercises using the independent calorimetry during the period of self-isolation

“…The results of this study are consistent with the results of other studies on the experimental effectiveness of the self-monitoring process by non-professional athletes using mobile technologies (Henriksen et al, 2018;Wennman et al, 2019). Despite the research data, there are many mobile algorithms that are not confirmed by experimental studies (Iconaru et al, 2018). An overabundance of the proposed mobile applications and methodological recommendations saturates the fitness market with low-quality…”

“…However, many amateur athletes who have not previously used the Internet fitness industry cannot optimally integrate into the fitness process through a mobile device overnight (Cho & Tian, 2019;Sushames et al, 2016). Moreover, an individual approach to the implementation of physical activity and a longer period to search for a suitable and accessible type of training are necessary (Iconaru et al, 2018;Nagovitsyn et al, 2018;Yoo et al, 2017). It should be especially noted that many fitness programs on the Internet involve special equipment and facilities, which the majority of the population of the Russian Federation do not have available.…”

The use of fitness trackers in the training process for increasing physical and functional abilities in athletes

“…The studies experimentally prove the positive aspects of using various mobile technologies [13]. For example, mobile digital diaries, which are used to monitor the state of health and physical fitness [14,15]. Namely, the proposed applications motivate those involved to adopt a healthy and active lifestyle [23].…”

“…Individual structural qualification characteristics of users are taken into account [13]. Not only for athletes, but also for their coaches or sports mentors, the use of digital diaries is a modern approach to physical education activities [14,15].…”

The Use of Fitness Trackers to Increase the Endurance Indicator for People Over 50

“…There are some recent studies explicitly proposing different types of the introduction of innovative technologies in the training process of middle-aged, elderly and senile people. In particular, research works aimed at individualizing sports training based on mobile technologies [1]. They consist in taking into account the individual structural qualification characteristics of those involved, in analyzing patterns and predicting the training process of athletes of different ages and their functional and physical characteristics and their physiological characteristics [2,3].…”