Assessing elderly's functional balance and mobility via analyzing data from waist-mounted tri-axial wearable accelerometers in timed up and go tests.
Lisha YuYang ZhaoHailiang WangTien-Lung SunTerrence E MurphyKwok-Leung TsuiPublished in: BMC medical informatics and decision making (2021)
The study presented a feasible option for quantitatively accurate, objectively measured, and unobtrusively collected functional balance assessment at the point-of-care or home environment. It also provided clinicians and elderly with stable and sensitive biomarkers for long-term monitoring of functional balance.