Evaluation of Ambulatory Function by Using the Shoe Device
| Autor: | Miyuki Kodama, Tohru Ifukube, Yuji Ohta, Shuichi Ino, Yumi Iwakami, Kazuhiko Yamashita, Kanako Nakajima, Michiko Saito |
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Hip fracture
medicine.medical_specialty Activities of daily living business.industry media_common.quotation_subject medicine.disease Quality of life (healthcare) Physical medicine and rehabilitation Ambulatory medicine Falling (sensation) Function (engineering) business Balance (ability) media_common Fall prevention |
| Zdroj: | ResearcherID IFMBE Proceedings ISBN: 9783642235078 |
| Popis: | Hip fracture among the elderly is a serious problem that not only decreases their quality of life (QOL) and activities of daily living (ADL) but also has significant effects on their medical expenses. Therefore, it is necessary to use effective countermeasures to prevent falls among the elderly population. Although various factors are associated with falling, it is thought that three points are important from the perspective of physical function: ambulatory function, balance function, and lower-limb muscle strength. This study focused on quantitative evaluation of the ambulatory and balance functions, and we developed a shoe device to measure plantar pressure under the natural environments of daily life. The device consists of insoles for the shoes with seven-point pressure sensors and wireless communication units. These enable the measurement of physical functions in an unrestrained state. Because falling usually occurs when the individual walks dynamically during daily activities, it is necessary that the method of functional evaluation is suitable for use during the individual’s typical activities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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