Technology-based measurements for screening, monitoring and preventing frailty.
Lena ElgertA HeinksM SchwenkJ M BauerPublished in: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie (2016)
Outcome variables from technology-based assessment seem to provide valuable information for frailty assessment. Strenuous testing conditions as well as increased variability in gait, functional performance and physical activity may be useful in identifying frailty. Outcome variables derived from gait, motor assessment and physical activity must still be validated in large cohorts and under daily living conditions in order to develop robust screening tools for pre-frailty and frailty. Further research should focus on specific activities of daily living in pre-frail or frail older adults and technology-based approaches for intervention and prevention.