TY - GEN
T1 - A biofeedback based portable device to support elderly mobility in the home environment
AU - Mancini, M.
AU - Farella, E.
AU - Rocchi, L.
AU - Tacconi, C.
AU - Benini, L.
AU - Chiari, L.
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - We present a device to support elderly balance and mobility in the home environment based on the sensory augmentation principle. We designed and tested an audio-biofeedback system that is wireless and lightweight, and can be easily worn and operated by elderly subjects. Having in mind wearability and unobtrusiveness, it is based on a palmtop computer, a stereo headset, and body sensors networks. Preliminary validation was performed on a sample of 6 older people with Parkinson's Disease and 3 age-matched control subjects. Promising results were obtained, both in terms of ease-of-use and users' acceptability of the device, and in terms of postural improvement induced by the use of the biofeedback system.
AB - We present a device to support elderly balance and mobility in the home environment based on the sensory augmentation principle. We designed and tested an audio-biofeedback system that is wireless and lightweight, and can be easily worn and operated by elderly subjects. Having in mind wearability and unobtrusiveness, it is based on a palmtop computer, a stereo headset, and body sensors networks. Preliminary validation was performed on a sample of 6 older people with Parkinson's Disease and 3 age-matched control subjects. Promising results were obtained, both in terms of ease-of-use and users' acceptability of the device, and in terms of postural improvement induced by the use of the biofeedback system.
KW - Ambient assisted living
KW - Assistive technologies
KW - Biofeedback
KW - Telemedicine
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-03889-1-147
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-03889-1-147
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77950386262
SN - 9783642038884
T3 - IFMBE Proceedings
SP - 546
EP - 549
BT - World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
T2 - World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering: Neuroengineering, Neural Systems, Rehabilitation and Prosthetics
Y2 - 7 September 2009 through 12 September 2009
ER -