ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences2020
When Will My Patient Fall? Sensor-Based In-Home Walking Speed Identifies Future Falls in Older Adults.
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- Automatic Radar-Based Step Length Measurement in the Home for Older Adults Living with Frailty.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Smart home technology to support older people's quality of life: A longitudinal pilot study.International journal of older people nursing · 2023Article
- Unobtrusive, in-home assessment of older adults' everyday activities and health events: associations with cognitive performance over a brief observation period.Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition · 2022Article
- The Development and Concurrent Validity of a Multi-Sensor-Based Frailty Toolkit for In-Home Frailty Assessment.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Reduction prevalence of fragility fracture hospitalisation during the COVID-19 lockdown.Archives of osteoporosis · 2022Article
- Using Sensor Graphs for Monitoring the Effect on the Performance of the OTAGO Exercise Program in Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Contactless Gait Assessment in Home-like Environments.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Identifying Fall Risk Predictors by Monitoring Daily Activities at Home Using a Depth Sensor Coupled to Machine Learning Algorithms.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough there are known clinical measures that may be associated with risk of future falls in older adults, we are still unable to predict when the fall will happen. Our objective was to determine whether unobtrusive in-home assessment of walking speed can detect a future fall.
methodIn both ISAAC and ORCATECH Living Laboratory studies, a sensor-based monitoring system has been deployed in the homes of older adults. Longitudinal mixed-effects regression models were used to explore trajectories of sensor-based walking speed metrics in those destined to fall versus controls over time. Falls were captured during a 3-year period.
resultsWe observed no major differences between those destined to fall (n = 55) and controls (n = 70) at baseline in clinical functional tests. There was a longitudinal decline in median daily walking speed over the 3 months before a fall in those destined to fall when compared with controls, p < .01 (ie, mean walking speed declined 0.1 cm s-1 per week). We also found prefall differences in sensor-based walking speed metrics in individuals who experienced a fall: walking speed variability was lower the month and the week just before the fall compared with 3 months before the fall, both p < .01.
conclusionsWhile basic clinical tests were not able to differentiate who will prospectively fall, we found that significant variations in walking speed metrics before a fall were measurable. These results provide evidence of a potential sensor-based risk biomarker of prospective falls in community living older adults.
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