Title :
Potential role of wearable, ambulatory and home monitoring systems for patients with neurodegenerative diseases and their caregivers
Author :
Meriggi, Paolo ; Castiglioni, Paolo ; Rizzo, Francesco ; Gower, Valerio ; Andrich, Renzo ; Rabuffetti, Marco ; Ferrarin, Maurizio ; Rienzo, Marco Di
Author_Institution :
Polo Tecnol. (Biomed. Technol. Dept.), Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi Onlus, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDD) require a constant care and attention in pharmacological therapy and rehabilitation, exercises administration, functional assessments and management of daily life. In this paper, we discuss a possible role of pervasive solutions with respect to NDD, on the basis of the overall progress of ICT and on the experience achieved in our department in three fields: Assistive Technology, NDD quantitative assessment, and design and development of wearable devices.
Keywords :
diseases; medical computing; patient monitoring; ubiquitous computing; wearable computers; ICT; NDD quantitative assessment; ambulatory systems; assistive technology; caregivers; daily life management; exercises administration; functional assessments; home monitoring systems; neurodegenerative diseases; pervasive solutions; pharmacological rehabilitation; pharmacological therapy; wearable devices; wearable systems; Biomedical monitoring; Computer architecture; Monitoring; Multiple sclerosis; Smart phones; Usability; NDD; ambulatory monitoring; multimodal interfaces; neurodegenerative diseases; pervasive computing; wearable systems;
Conference_Titel :
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth), 2011 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dublin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-767-2
