ICT solutions to develop an effective motor and cognitive training to reduce risk of falls: The I-DONT-FALL project
| Autor: | Sergio Neglia, Georgios Koumanakos, Fulvia Adriano, Francesco Barban, Angelo Maria Sabatini, Alessia Federici, Manuel Silvestri, Carlo Caltagirone, Ilenia Debora Mazzù, Oscar Pino, Claudia Ricci, Simone Giuli, Nuria Montero, Carmela Zincarelli, Massimo Chiusso, Niels Boye, Raquel Cuevas Perez, Roberto Rosso, Stelios Pantelopoulos, Peter Levene, Yannis Dionyssiotis, Ivo Griffini, Cristian Barrué, Maria Giovanna Lombardi, Milo Kovačeić, Roberta Annicchiarico |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Knowledge management business.industry Tinetti test Cognition Fear of falling Cognitive training law.invention Physical medicine and rehabilitation Randomized controlled trial law medicine media_common.cataloged_instance medicine.symptom European union business Psychology media_common Fall prevention Balance (ability) |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier ICT4AgeingWell |
| Popis: | This study shows preliminary results of the multicenter and international I-DONT-FALL (IDF) project, cofunded by the European Union, aiming to offer an integrated Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solution for fall prevention and detection. Here we assessed the efficacy of a motor and a cognitive treatment delivered through the IDF ICT solution, aiming to reduce the risk of falls through a randomized controlled trial. The outcome was measured with the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) and the subscales of the Tinetti Performance Oriented Mobility Assessment for balance (POMA-B) and gait (POMA-G). We compared the effect of a 24-sessions period of motor training delivered through an i-Walker vs. a comparable period of non-motor training in terms of frequency and duration of sessions. The same comparison was performed for a period of cognitive training delivered though a touch-screen computer interface vs. a comparable period of non-cognitive training in terms of frequency and duration of sessions. Results showed that motor treatment alone or mixed with cognitive training reduces significantly the fear of falling and the risk of falls. Both cognitive and motor treatments showed a nonspecific positive effect on balance performance of participants. These preliminary results are consistent with previous evidences. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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