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

Challenges and opportunity in mobility among older adults–key determinant identification

P Maresova, O Krejcar, R Maskuriy, NAA Bakar… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
… aged 65 to 69 years old (ie, the youngest older persons). This age group engages in a
variety of activities, often within their neighbourhoods. In terms of the frequency of leisure trips, …

Understanding adherence to assistive devices among older adults: a conceptual review

JR Tuazon, A Jahan, JW Jutai - Disability and Rehabilitation …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… One article studied the use of walkers, one article examined powered mobility devices, two
… An older person’s attitudes and perceptions relating to the AD and the treatment regimen …

Methods to evaluate perspectives of safety, independence, activity, and participation in older persons using welfare technology. A systematic review

V Zander, RM Johansson-Pajala… - Disability and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
devices from older persons’ … needs of older persons, and those needs must be assessed
using reliable and relevant instruments. The heterogeneity of the target group, ie, older persons, …

Assistive robots to improve the independent living of older persons: results from a needs study

L Fiorini, M De Mul, I Fabbricotti… - Disability and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background More than 70% of elderly people age 80 and older are experiencing problems
in personal mobility. Assistive robotics can represent a concrete support providing also a …

A systematic review of thirty‐one assessment tests to evaluate mobility in older adults

R Soubra, A Chkeir, JL Novella - BioMed research international, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… This systematic review aims to identify all applicable elderly mobility assessment tests and
… Based on our inclusion and exclusion criteria, 31 assessment tests evaluating the mobility of …

Investigating older adults' decisions to use mobile devices for learning, based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology

HJ Lai - Interactive Learning Environments, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… usage behavior of mobile devices among older adults is in … understand older adults’ decisions
to adopt mobile devices for … influencing older adults’ acceptance of mobile devices with an …

Mobility related physical and functional losses due to aging and disease-a motivation for lower limb exoskeletons

M Grimmer, R Riener, CJ Walsh, A Seyfarth - Journal of neuroengineering …, 2019 - Springer
… However, the functional user benefits are limited for passive devices such as ankle-foot
orthoses [12]. In order to provide increased capabilities, powered devices such as electrical …

[HTML][HTML] Older adults' experiences with using wearable devices: qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis

K Moore, E O'Shea, L Kenny, J Barton… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2021 - mhealth.jmir.org
older person using a wearable device for multiple days and the subsequent qualitative analysis
of that participant’s experience in relation to the wearable deviceolder wearable devices

An astute assistive device for mobility and object recognition for visually impaired people

VV Meshram, K Patil, VA Meshram… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… a new electronic assistive device called the NavCane. The device helps people find obstacle…
The advantage of the NavCane device is that it provides priority information about obstacles …