Paper Info
Title
Timed Up-and-Go Device for Unsupervised Functional Assessment of Elderly Patients.
Abstract
Functional evaluation of elderly patients is one key component in a comprehensive Geriatric Assessment. The increased workload and high costs associated to close and continuous monitoring in clinical settings may be counterbalanced by the application of ICT-supported remote follow-up. Although clinical parameters and questionnaires can be supported with smartphones and smart gadgets, physical performance trials pose a challenge for community-based approaches with difficulties arising from setting up trials, the lack of guidance and supervision. We developed an ultrasonic-based device to overcome all of these barriers and enable elderly people to perform the Timed Up-and-Go test in an autonomous and unsupervised setting. Moreover, we introduce an algorithm to verify the successful performance of the test in order to increase the reliability of the information provided.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3233/978-1-61499-759-7-298
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
Health monitoring,Geriatric assessments,Telemedicine,Frail Elderly,Ultrasound
Physical medicine and rehabilitation,Medicine
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
236
0926-9630
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andreas Ziegl100.34
Robert Modre-Osprian263.20
Alberto Sánchez316722.72
Markus Falgenhauer484.85
Peter Kastner502.37
Günter Schreier65623.73