Sensors (Dec 2023)

Design and Verification of Integrated Circuitry for Real-Time Frailty Monitoring

  • Luis Rodriguez-Cobo,
  • Guillermo Diaz-SanMartin,
  • Jose Francisco Algorri,
  • Carlos Fernandez-Viadero,
  • Jose Miguel Lopez-Higuera,
  • Adolfo Cobo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s24010029
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
p. 29

Abstract

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In this study, a new wireless electronic circuitry to analyze weight distribution was designed and incorporated into a chair to gather data related to common human postures (sitting and standing up). These common actions have a significant impact on various motor capabilities, including gait parameters, fall risk, and information on sarcopenia. The quality of these actions lacks an absolute measurement, and currently, there is no qualitative and objective metric for it. To address this, the designed analyzer introduces variables like Smoothness and Percussion to provide more information and objectify measurements in the assessment of stand-up/sit-down actions. Both the analyzer and the proposed variables offer additional information that can objectify assessments depending on the clinical eye of the physicians.

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