A Smart Insole to Promote Healthy Aging for Frail Elderly Individuals: Specifications, Design, and Preliminary Results.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older individuals frequently experience reversible "frailty syndrome,", increasing incidence of disability. Although physical exercise interventions may delay functional decline, there are difficulties in implementing them and performing seamless follow-up at home. Very few technological solutions attempt to address this challenge and improve individual participation.

Objective

Our objectives are to (1) develop a technological solution designed to support active aging of frail older persons, (2) conduct a first laboratory evaluation of the device, and (3) design a multidimensional clinical trial to validate our solution.

Methods

We conducted a first phase of multidisciplinary meetings to identify real end users and health professional's unmet needs, and to

SUBMITTER: Piau A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5454568 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature