A MEMS based microsystem for the monitoring of the activity of frail elderly in their daily life: the ACTIDOM project

Author

Noury, N. ; Barralon, P. ; Couturier, P. ; Favre-Réguillon, F. ; Guillemaud, R. ; Mestais, C. ; Caritu, Y. ; David, D. ; Moine, S. ; Franco, A. ; Guiraud-By, F. ; Bérenguer, M. ; Provost, H.

Author_Institution

TIMC-IMAG Lab., Grenoble, France

fYear

2004

fDate

28-29 June 2004

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

109

Abstract

A "ambulatory activity recorder" was developed, with 3 accelerometers and 3 magnetometers, to detect and qualify the elementary activities of a person, such as walking and transfers. The signal processing is explained, along with the preliminary results obtained on young and older healthy subjects. This work open the way to continuous and automatic monitoring of the level of mobility.

Keywords

accelerometers; gait analysis; geriatrics; magnetometers; medical signal processing; microsensors; patient monitoring; ACTIDOM Project; MEMS based microsystem; accelerometers; activity monitoring; ambulatory activity recorder; frail elderly; magnetometers; mobility level; old healthy subjects; signal processing; walking; young healthy subjects; Accelerometers; Legged locomotion; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Magnetometers; Micromechanical devices; Monitoring; Rotation measurement; Senior citizens; Telemedicine;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Enterprise Networking and Computing in Healthcare Industry, 2004. HEALTHCOM 2004. Proceedings. 6th International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8453-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HEALTH.2004.1324486

Filename

1324486