Background: Both the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) and daily life gait quality and quantity obtained from wearable sensors are used to measure functional status in older adults. It is generally assumed that they are interrelated and exchangeable, but this has not yet been established. Interchangeability …

In dit project – uitgevoerd door onderzoekers van het lectoraat Samenwerkende Professionals van de Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) en het lectoraat Organiseren van Waardig Werk van Hogeschool Utrecht (HU) – stond de vraag centraal hoe medewerkers in mkb-organisaties op hybride wijze effectief en met behoud …

Background A valuable opportunity for reducing the fall incidence in hospitals, is alerting nurses when a patient is about to fall. For such a fall prevention system, more knowledge is needed on what occurs right before a fall. This can be achieved with a stereo camera that automatically detects (and …

BACKGROUND: ICT based solutions are increasingly introduced for active and healthy ageing. In this context continuous monitoring of older adults with domestic sensor systems has been suggested to provide important information about their functional health. However, there is not yet a solid model for …