Title :
Step Training System: An ICT solution to measure and reduce fall risk in older adults
Author :
Smith, Stuart T. ; Davies, Thomas A. ; Lennox, Jamie
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tasmania, Newnham, TAS, Australia
Abstract :
Falls in older adults are a significant public heath issue with over 1/3 community-dwelling people aged 65 and over falling each year, many of them multiple times. We have developed and evaluated a set top box PC solution for delivering both fall risk assessment and fall risk reduction programs into the home. Preliminary field tests show that older adults engage with the system but that barriers to maintained use of the system do exist.
Keywords :
biomechanics; geriatrics; risk management; telemedicine; ICT solution; Step Training System; choice stepping reaction time task; fall risk assessment; fall risk reduction; older adults; Aging; Australia; Communities; Databases; Games; Physiology; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2013 35th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Osaka
DOI :
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611177