A5087038527- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Physical Activity and Health
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks
- Gait Recognition and Analysis
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Muscle activation and electromyography studies
- Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Music Technology and Sound Studies
- Literature Analysis and Criticism
- Advanced Power Generation Technologies
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Vestibular and auditory disorders
- Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics
University of Bologna
2010-2022
Zambon (Italy)
2006
In this work, a flexible and extensive digital platform for Smart Homes is presented, exploiting the most advanced technologies of Internet Things, such as Radio Frequency Identification, wearable electronics, Wireless Sensor Networks, Artificial Intelligence. Thus, main novelty paper system-level description flexibility allowing interoperability different smart devices. This research was developed within framework operative project HABITAT (Home Assistance Based on Things Autonomy...
The aim of this study is to develop a system for investigating human falls and mobility based on Smartphone platform. We have designed tested set software applications building the inertial data captured from tri-axial accelerometer sensor embedded in Smartphone. will descri
Background Falls have implications for older adults’ health and well-being. Strength balance interventions significantly reduce the risk of falls. However, patients do not always perform unsupervised home exercise needed fall reduction. Objective This study aims to develop motivational smartphone apps co-designed with professionals adults support proven aid reduction explore apps’ usability acceptability both patients. Methods There were 3 phases app development that included analysis,...
Abstract Effective trial-planning in Spastic ataxias (SPAX) is impeded by the absence of validated outcome measures for detecting longitudinal changes. Digital show promise, demonstrating sensitivity to disease severity changes ataxia and strong correlations with clinical scales. The objective this study was develop a smartphone application SPAX (SPAX-app) obtain valid digital use trials. app contains four tasks assessing gait, standing balance (stance), finger hand movements. We carried out...
Wireless body-area sensor networks (WBSNs) are key components of e-health solutions. Wearable wireless sensors can monitor and collect many different physiological parameters accurately, economically efficiently. In this work we focus on WBSN for fall detection applications, where the real-time nature I/O data streams is critical importance. Additionally, generation alarms promises to maximize system life. Throughput energy efficiency communication protocol must also be carefully optimized....
Background Falls have implications for the health of older adults. Strength and balance interventions significantly reduce risk falls; however, patients seldom perform dose exercise that is required based on evidence. Health professionals play an important role in supporting adults as they progress their exercises. Teleconferencing could enable to support more frequently, which behavior. Objective This study aims examine overall concept acceptability teleconferencing delivery falls...
Falls have major implications for quality of life, independence and cost to the health service. Strength balance training has been found be effective in reducing rate/risk falls, as long there is adequate fidelity evidence-based programme. Health services are often unable deliver dose exercise older adults do not always sufficiently adhere their programme gain full outcomes. Smartphone technology based on behaviour-change theory used support healthy lifestyles, but falls prevention exercise....
Fall prevention in elderly subjects is often based on training and rehabilitation programs that include mostly traditional balance strength exercises. By applying such conventional interventions to improve gait performance decrease fall risk, some important factors are neglected as the dynamics of motor learning processes. The EU project "Self Mobility Improvement eLderly by counteractING falls" (SMILING project) aimed age-related using unpredicted external perturbations during walking...
Falls have major implications for quality of life, independence, and cost health services. Strength balance training has been found to be effective in reducing the rate/risk falls, as long there is adequate fidelity evidence-based programme. The aims this study were (1) assess feasibility using "Motivate Me" "My Activity Programme" interventions support falls rehabilitation when delivered practice (2) design trial procedures evaluation intervention.A two-arm pragmatic randomized controlled...
Abstract Objective Cerebellar ataxia essentially includes deficient postural control. It remains unclear whether augmented sensory information might help cerebellar patients, as the cerebellum underlies processing of various modalities for Here, we hypothesized that patients with degeneration can still exploit audio‐biofeedback ( ABF ) trunk acceleration a real‐time assistive signal to compensate Methods Effects on sway during stance were assessed in an intervention group versus no‐ disease...
Purpose Touchscreen devices are widely used in modern life and have quickly become part of daily for children, including during Occupational Therapy sessions children with disabilities. Assessment Tool (TATOO) is a prototype application to evaluate children's performance when using touchscreen devices. The purpose this study, based on the logical user-centred interaction design framework, was TATOO's usability occupational therapists typically developing examine correlations between their...
Introduction Late life major depression (LLMD) is usually treated within primary care, but still with unsatisfactory outcomes and significant residual symptoms. Moreover, LLMD increases symptoms of anxiety, dyspnea, fear falling (FOF), risk falls. Evidence from non-depressed patients suggests the efficacy breathing postural exercises; in particular, rhythmic during poetry recitation was shown to improve cardio-respiratory synchronization. Thus, aim HESIOD study test antidepressants plus...