Cost-effectiveness of powered mobility devices for elderly people with disability

L Hagberg, L Hermansson, C Fredriksson… - Disability and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Purpose: The aim of this study was to analyse the cost-effectiveness of prescribing powered
mobility devices (PMDs) to elderly users. Methods: Forty-five persons participated in the pre- …

Frequently asked questions about mobility devices among older adults

SC Ferrell, MC Ferrell, A Claassen, SA Balogun… - European Geriatric …, 2023 - Springer
mobility devices, common questions may arise. Web searching appears to be an established
way older persons … to our three specific mobility devices in older individuals was removed. …

[HTML][HTML] Mobility in older community-dwelling persons: a narrative review

E Freiberger, CC Sieber, R Kob - Frontiers in Physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
mobility limitations are frequent among older persons but this … early onset of mobility decline
in older persons with regard to … Several important components of mobility in older persons

[PDF][PDF] Needs for mobility devices, home modifications and personal assistance among Canadians with disabilities

EM Giesbrecht, EM Smith, WB Mortenson… - Health …, 2017 - researchgate.net
mobility. This study examines self-reported met and unmet needs of people with disabilities
who use wheeled mobility devices… to compare wheeled mobility device users and non-users. …

Experiences of mobility device use over time: A multiple case study among very old Latvian women

S Tomsone, M Haak, C Löfqvist - Scandinavian journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
… Consequently, our findings cannot be transferred to very old persons in Latvia in general.
Nevertheless, we would like to emphasize that using the same kind of methodology, these …

Assistive device use among community-dwelling older adults: a profile of Canadians using hearing, vision, and mobility devices in the Canadian longitudinal study on …

Y Ishigami, J Jutai, S Kirkland - … on Aging/La Revue canadienne du …, 2021 - cambridge.org
… For example, in Canada in 2015, for the first time, persons 65 years of age and older outnumbered
children between 0 and 14 years of age, and the proportion of older persons is …

Effect of ambulatory mobility aid devices on cardiovascular parameters, walking speed, perceived exertion, and balance of older adult men in Enugu, Nigeria

UA Ezugwu, BM Eze, RN Ojide… - SAGE Open …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
… Ambulatory mobility devices caused difference in cardiovascular … older or elderly. Most
countries in the world have accepted the chronological age of 65 years as elderly or older person. …

Design of a personal mobility device for elderly users

N Phannil, C Jettanasen - Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
devices to monitor elderly health [18–23] and to assess air quality [24–32] will be developed
using IoT technology, in which these devices … of an Elderly Personal Mobility Device (EPMD) …

Problems of older persons using a wheeled walker

U Lindemann, M Schwenk, J Klenk, M Kessler… - Aging clinical and …, 2016 - Springer
… without an assistive device [11]… device [11], the calculation of a forward/backward performance
ratio with and without WW may be helpful for assessment of walking performance in older

Gender differences in mobility device use among US older adults

LJ Peterson, H Meng, D Dobbs… - Journals of Gerontology …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
… of devices to accommodate mobilitymobility devices, canes in particular. Examining the
use of canes is important because candidates for their use may be at an earlier stage of mobility