A systematic review of the effect of hearing aids on static and dynamic balance in adults with hearing impairment

MT Mahafza, WJ Wilson, S Brauer… - Trends in …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This preregistered systematic review examined the peer-reviewed scientific literature to
determine the effect of hearing aids (HAs) on static and dynamic balance in adults with …

How much data is enough? A reliable methodology to examine long-term wearable data acquisition in gait and postural sway

BM Meyer, P Depetrillo, J Franco, N Donahue, SR Fox… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wearable sensors facilitate the evaluation of gait and balance impairment in the free-living
environment, often with observation periods spanning weeks, months, and even years. Data …

Reliability, validity, and identification ability of a commercialized waist-attached inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor-based system in fall risk assessment of older …

KJ Li, NLY Wong, MC Law, FMH Lam, HC Wong… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Falls are a prevalent cause of injury among older people. While some wearable inertial
measurement unit (IMU) sensor-based systems have been widely investigated for fall risk …

Pay attention: you can fall! The Mini-BESTest scale and the turning duration of the TUG test provide valid balance measures in neurological patients: a prospective …

A Caronni, M Picardi, S Scarano, C Malloggi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Balance, ie, the ability not to fall, is often poor in neurological patients and this
impairment increases their risk of falling. The Mini-Balance Evaluation System Test (Mini …

Clinical Static Balance Assessment: A Narrative Review of Traditional and IMU-Based Posturography in Older Adults and Individuals with Incomplete Spinal Cord …

A Noamani, N Riahi, AH Vette, H Rouhani - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Maintaining a stable upright posture is essential for performing activities of daily living, and
impaired standing balance may impact an individual's quality of life. Therefore, accurate and …

A computer vision-based system to help health professionals to apply tests for fall risk assessment

JD Blasco-García, G García-López, M Jiménez-Muñoz… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The increase in life expectancy, and the consequent growth of the elderly population,
represents a major challenge to guarantee adequate health and social care. The proposed …

Automation of functional mobility assessments at home using a multimodal sensor system integrating inertial measurement units and computer vision (IMU-vision)

J Spangler, M Mitjans, A Collimore… - Physical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Objective Functional movement assessments are routinely used to evaluate and track
changes in mobility. The objective of this study was to evaluate a multimodal movement …

Graceful gait: virtual ballet classes improve mobility and reduce falls more than wellness classes for older women

EC Harrison, AM Haussler, LE Tueth… - Frontiers in aging …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Dance is an effective and motivating form of exercise for older women, but few
studies have quantified the benefits of virtual dance classes nor, specifically, ballet. This …

[HTML][HTML] Balance performance analysis after the COVID-19 quarantine in children aged between 8 and 12 years old: Longitudinal study

V Martínez-Córcoles, P Nieto-Gil, L Ramos-Petersen… - Gait & posture, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has caused great changes in
daily activities, especially in children. In Spain, to avoid infections, a home quarantine was …

Minimum number of inertial measurement units needed to identify significant variations in walk patterns of overweight individuals walking on irregular surfaces

T Sikandar, MF Rabbi, KH Ghazali, O Altwijri… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Gait data collection from overweight individuals walking on irregular surfaces is a
challenging task that can be addressed using inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensors …