Implementation of a monitoring system for fall detection in elderly healthcare

Khawandi, Shadi; Daya, Bassam; Chauvet, Pierre

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2010.12.036

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“…However, it has been reported that using webcams for telehealth only works well for patients and clinicians who know each other or have met before, and that webcams are only suitable for follow-up care, since they do not allow touching and diagnosing patients [13]. Other webcam applications in the healthcare domain include monitoring hand rehabilitation exercises [30] and activity monitoring systems for the elderly [15]. Recently, the webcam technology was used to create a tool to identify the effects of medications in real time on certain heart cells [16].…”

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Leveraging consumer sensing devices for telehealth

Dhillon

Ramos

Wünsche

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the NZ Chapter of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Intera

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Home telehealth applications are increasingly gaining in popularity among patients due their promise to use healthcare resources more effectively and hence to lower costs. Commercial telehealth systems usually employ patient stations and vital sign monitoring equipment in order to fulfill the need of medical professionals by enabling close monitoring of patients with severe chronic diseases. However, due their high cost, vendor lock-in, and doctor centric design, these systems are not suitable for general healthcare applications such as improving cardiac fitness, monitoring overall health, improving muscle strength and balance of elderly, or assisting with dieting programs. We argue that many of these goals can be supported in a cost effective manner by leveraging mainstream sensing devices such as game controllers and smartphones. Open-ended web-based telehealth systems can be integrated with such devices, in order to add a social component, collect health data unobtrusively, and provide feedback and health related information. In this paper, we systematically categorise and analyse consumer-level sensing devices in terms of their potential to extend the capability of telehealth systems. We show that the devices have immense potential as tools for therapy and rehabilitation activities, diagnosis, health monitoring and social support, and we reveal opportunities for professionals in computer vision, graphics and signal processing to participate in this trend.

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Section: Webcammentioning

confidence: 99%

Leveraging consumer sensing devices for telehealth

Dhillon

Ramos

Wünsche

et al. 2012

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of the NZ Chapter of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Intera

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“…Fall detection is still a challenging and emergent problem [9], especially for monitoring special-needed elderly people [10], [11]. The problem has mainly been provoked and induced by population ageing, showing a tendency of permanent growth in accordance with recent demographical predictions.…”

Section: Fall Detectionmentioning

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Multispectrum Video for Proactive Response in Intelligent Environments

Castillo

Serrano-Cuerda

Sokolova

et al. 2012

2012 Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Environments

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The exponential increase of home-bound persons that live alone and are in need of continuous monitoring requires new solutions to current problems. Most of these cases present illnesses, such as motor or psychological disabilities, that deprive them of a normal living. Abnormal situations such as forgetfulness or falls are quite common and should be prevented or dealt with. This paper presents a system able to detect dangerous situations at home, such as falls, independently from existing environment conditions. The aim of the proposed system is to proactively offer support to the citizen or to warn the emergency services when needed.Multispectrum video; monitoring system; fall detection; personal assistant.

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“…Injuries caused by falls are worldwide complications, and estimation is 28% to 35% people aged 65 or older have previously suffered at least one fall over a year 3 . Studies conducted by Yang et al 4 and Laessoe et al 5 show that another factor that leads to a higher risk of falls is the poor performance in dual task activity.…”

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confidence: 99%

Desempenho em atividades de simples e dupla tarefas de idosos institucionalizados que realizam e não realizam fisioterapia

Silva¹,

Dias²,

Piazza³

2017

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| Was compared the performance in simple and dual task in institutionalized older adults who perform and do not perform Physical Therapy. The study involved 60 institutionalized older adults, 30 that performed Physical Therapy (PTG) and 30 that did not perform (NPTG). To assess the performance in simple and dual tasks activities, all participants performed the subsequent activities: one-foot stance test, walking in a corridor for 30 seconds, stepping up and down for 30 seconds, stand up and sit down on a chair for 30 seconds (simple task).After that, the older adults performed the same activities while holding a plastic cup with water (motor dual task), speaking the days of the week in opposite way (cognitive dual task), and holding a plastic cup with water while speaking the days of the week in opposite way (motor and cognitive dual task). The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics with significance value p≤0,05. We observed differences between the walking tests and in the get up and sit down tests and, the greater the complexity of the task, the lower was the performance of the participants. In the stepping up and down activity, there was difference between groups where the PTG had a better performance compared with the NPTG group. We observed no differences between groups in the one-foot stance test. The dual task led to a reduction in functional performance in both groups: 1 4 9 the institutionalized older adults that performed Physical Therapy and that did not perform.

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Implementation of a monitoring system for fall detection in elderly healthcare

Cited by 22 publications

References 3 publications

Leveraging consumer sensing devices for telehealth

Leveraging consumer sensing devices for telehealth

Multispectrum Video for Proactive Response in Intelligent Environments

Desempenho em atividades de simples e dupla tarefas de idosos institucionalizados que realizam e não realizam fisioterapia

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