Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Web-Based Physical Fitness Teleconsultation System

Abstract

Emerging evidence has revealed the efficacy of teleconsultation model as a modern tool in healthcare and fitness establishments. This research entails the design of a web-based teleconsultation model, its implementation and system performance evaluation using Nest Hotel, Ogbomoso as a case study. The application was built using different developmental tools and imaging technologies such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3), JAVASCRIPT, Pre hypertext processor (PHP), Asynchronous JavaScript (AJAX), My Structured Query Language (MySQL), and JQUERY. The system was structured into three modules namely user, administrator, and instructor modules. The implementation of this system involves the use of designed user-instructor model, for an appropriate physical fitness exercise guide. The user, instructor, and administrator were able to can log into the system and get the relevant information on appropriate physical fitness exercise, with a detailed previous record. In this model, user was able to extract details about their physical fitness condition (body weight, body fat, pregnancy state) in form of multimedia files. The developed fitness model, therefore, showed a remarkable improvement over the already existing system in term of cost-effectiveness, confidentiality, 24 h daily service and uninterrupted accessibility. This study, therefore, provided a cordial link between the physical fitness instructors and users, thereby making information readily available to the end-users.