Effect of Data Visualization on Users’ Running Performance on Treadmill

Thanaphon Amattayakul, Puripant Ruchikachorn

2025

Abstract

This paper examined how real-time data visualization influences treadmill users’ performance and experience. Traditional treadmill displays are often represented with texts, limiting user engagement and motivation. By applying visualization techniques that align with human cognitive processing, such as line charts and progress indicators, we proposed data visualization designs to represent running performance metrics more meaningfully. The study applied 3 display conditions: traditional and two improved visualization displays. Through a within-subjects experiment with 18 participants, metrics such as time to exhaustion, heart rate, distance, and calorie expended were collected along with subjective feedback. Statistical analysis showed that both visualization displays significantly improved running performance and satisfaction. Results showed that real-time feedback with data visualization design can positively influence users’ understanding and psychological connection to their fitness data. These findings highlight the potential of data visualization to perceive and elevate user experience in exercise interfaces.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Amattayakul T. and Ruchikachorn P. (2025). Effect of Data Visualization on Users’ Running Performance on Treadmill. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA; ISBN 978-989-758-758-0, SciTePress, pages 669-676. DOI: 10.5220/0013644700003967

in Bibtex Style

@conference{data25,
author={Thanaphon Amattayakul and Puripant Ruchikachorn},
title={Effect of Data Visualization on Users’ Running Performance on Treadmill},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA},
year={2025},
pages={669-676},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013644700003967},
isbn={978-989-758-758-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA
TI - Effect of Data Visualization on Users’ Running Performance on Treadmill
SN - 978-989-758-758-0
AU - Amattayakul T.
AU - Ruchikachorn P.
PY - 2025
SP - 669
EP - 676
DO - 10.5220/0013644700003967
PB - SciTePress