International Journal of
Information and Education Technology

Abstract

The study is a mobile health (M-Health) expert system embedded on Android OS phones as an assistance tool that can support people experiencing physical injuries. It utilizes the Rete Algorithm which is present on most expert systems. The system covers physical injuries which commonly experienced by athletes and students enrolled in human kinetics. Physical injuries are categorized into head, upper body and lower body parts. From these parts, they are defined by type such as: skin injury, bone injury, muscle injury and body pains. The researchers used descriptive method in the study. After the system was developed, it was evaluated by the two groups of respondents: a) experts and b) students based on the four (4) parameters such as user-friendliness, functionality, usability and appropriateness of advice. According to the data gathered, analyzed and computed, the proponents found out that there is no significant difference between the evaluation made by the students and by the experts on the developed mobile health application. Both groups of respondents recommend the implementation of CERES.