A5060354161- Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Soft Robotics and Applications
- Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Teleoperation and Haptic Systems
- Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Physical Activity and Health
- Robot Manipulation and Learning
- Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Surgical Simulation and Training
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Augmented Reality Applications
- Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Gait Recognition and Analysis
- IoT-based Smart Home Systems
- Social Policies and Healthcare Reform
- Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Oldenburger Institut für Informatik
2015-2025
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
2016-2025
University of Luxembourg
2024
University of Bremen
2023
Allensbach University
2018
Heidelberg University
2011
University Hospital Heidelberg
2011
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
1999-2008
Cornell University
2008
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology
2001-2005
An increase of the aging population with a decrease in available nursing staff has been seen recent years. These two factors combined present challenging problem for future and since become political issue many countries. Technological advances robotics have made its use possible new application fields like care thus it appears to be viable technological avenue address projected labor shortage. The introduction robots creates an active triangular collaboration between patient, nurse, robot,...
The paper introduces the theoretical framework and methods/instruments used by Physical Activity Health Equity: Primary Prevention for Healthy Ageing (AEQUIPA) prevention research network as an interdisciplinary approach to tackle key challenges in promotion of physical activity among older people (65+). Drawing on social-ecological model, AEQUIPA developed methodological design including quantitative/qualitative studies systematic reviews, while combining expertise from diverse fields:...
One of the most common assessments for mobility older people is Timed Up and Go test (TUG). Due to its sensitivity regarding indication Parkinson’s disease (PD) or increased fall risk in elderly people, this assessment becomes increasingly relevant, should be automated become applicable unsupervised self-assessments enable regular examinations functional status. With Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) being well suited analyses, we evaluate an IMU-based analysis-system, which automatically...
Current ethical debates on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare treat AI as a product technology three ways. First, by assessing risks and potential benefits currently developed AI-enabled products with checklists; second, proposing ex ante lists values seen relevant for design development assistive technology, third, promoting to moral reasoning part automation process. The dominance these perspectives discourse is demonstrated brief summary literature. Subsequently, we...
The five time chair rise test (5CRT) is commonly used in geriatric medicine and research to assess functional capacity lower extremity strength detect early age-related changes older adults. Traditional stopwatch-based analyses may mask temporal variations 5CRT transitions due averaging. Temporal dynamic characteristics are better assessed by motion variability analysis. This work employs k-means clustering using Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) as a metric for examine compensation mechanisms of...
Abstract The assessment tool “READY?” supports care facilities and services in their institutional reflection on the use of robotics for nursing care. contains a digitally supported question catalog completed an accompanying workshop respective institution with involvement various stakeholders. includes questions from categories “Care”, “Privacy legal issues”, “Ethical criteria”, “Technology infrastructure”, “Institutional social embeddedness”, “Economic criteria” thus pursues...
Background: Demographic change will lead to a diminishing care workforce faced with rising numbers of older persons in need care, suggesting meaningful use health-enabling technologies, and home monitoring particular, contribute supporting both the carers need.Objectives: We present discuss GAL-NATARS study design along first results regarding technical feasibility long-term acceptance different sensor modalities.Methods: Fourteen geriatric participants mobility-impairing fractures were...
The Azure Kinect DK is an RGB-D-camera popular in research and studies with humans. For good scientific practice, it relevant that yields consistent reproducible results. We noticed the yielded results were inconsistent. Therefore, we examined 100 body tracking runs per processing mode provided by Body Tracking SDK on two different computers using a prerecorded video. compared those respect to spatiotemporal progression (spatial distribution of joint positions run), derived parameters (bone...
As a response to the challenge of providing high-quality healthcare services with reasonable costs while elderly population and associated chronic diseases increase, SAPHIRE architecture provides an intelligent monitoring architecture. The patients is achieved through clinical decision support system based on guidelines. necessary interoperability layers access patient's vital signs from wireless medical sensors electronic records patient in order exploit them process seamlessly. This...
An early detection of functional decline with age is important to start interventions at an state and prolong the fitness. In order assure such detection, assessments must be conducted on a frequent regular basis. Since five time chair rise test (5CRT) well-established in geriatric field, this should supported by technology. We introduce approach that automatically detects execution via inertial sensor integrated into belt. The system’s suitability was evaluated 20 subjects aged 72–89 years...
The integration of people with disabilities into the working world is an important, yet challenging field research. While different inclusion efforts exist, are still under-represented in open labor market. This paper investigates approach using a collaborative robot arm to support their reintegration workplace. However, there currently little literature about acceptance industrial by and cases where leads stress, fear, or any other form discomfort, this not feasible. For reason, first user...
A novel approach to fully automating the Timed Up & Go (TUG) assessment test in professional and domestic environments is presented. The approach, called aTUG, based on usage of ambient sensor technologies i.e. two light barriers, four force sensors, a laser range scanner built into sin
Since older adults are prone to functional decline, using Inertial-Measurement-Units (IMU) for mobility assessment score prediction gives valuable information physicians diagnose changes in and physical performance at an early stage increases the chances of rehabilitation. This research introduces approach predicting Timed Up & Go test Short-Physical-Performance-Battery IMU data deep neural networks. The is validated on real-world a cohort 20 frail or (pre-) average 84.7 years. networks...
Abstract Abnormal behaviour can be an indicator for a medical condition in older adults. Our novel unsupervised statistical concept drift detection approach uses variational autoencoders estimating the parameters hypothesis test abnormal days. As feature, Kullback–Leibler divergence of activity probability maps derived from power and motion sensors were used. We showed general feasibility (min. F 1 -Score 91 %) on artificial dataset four types. Then we applied our new method to real–world...
Motivation for the investigation of position and waypoint controllers is demand Unattended Aerial Systems (UAS) capable fulfilling e.g. surveillance tasks in contaminated or inaccessible areas. Hence, this paper deals with development a 2D GPS-based control system 4 Rotor Helicopters able to keep positions above given destinations as well navigate between waypoints while minimizing trajectory errors. Additionally, novel enables permanent full speed flight reliable altitude keeping...
In this article, the design of a system for ambient, unobtrusive and automatic monitoring Activities Daily Living (ADL) is described. context growing imbalance between (potentially young) caregivers (most often older) people receiving care, technical systems may help to organise care more efficiently identify degrading abilities very early trigger preventive measures. To improve acceptance described in selection process sensors be integrated into flat or worn by older has been steered...
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are one of the major causes death worldwide. Personal behavior such as physical activity considerably influences risk incurring a CVD. In last years numerous products pedometers have become available on mass market that allow monitoring relevant behaviors and vital parameters. These devices sufficiently precise, affordable, easy to use. While today they mostly lifestyle oriented also considerable potential for health prevention.
Many societies across the world are confronted with demographic changes, usually related to increased life expectancy and, often, relatively low birth rates. Information and communication technologies (ICT) may contribute adequately support senior citizens in aging respect quality of efficiency health care processes. For investigating for providing answers on whether new information can keeping, or even improving life, self-sufficiency ageing through ways living forms care, Lower Saxony...