Frailty
Conditions
Brief summary
The investigators seek to construct a novel, multimodal, distributed system that facilitates a new paradigm of home-based medical surveillance and treatment for frail older adults centered on timely diagnosis of movement system impairments and personalized intervention. Measurements from a heterogeneous set of complementary sensors will be combined with clinically-informed and data-learned dynamic models of human motion to enable real-time activity recognition (e.g., sitting, standing, walking) and movement assessments (e.g., speed, repetition, quality). As the study progresses, the system will be integrated with wearable assistive technology to provide "smart", activity-specific assistance of movement deficits or the activation of caregivers if a decline in function is detected. Finally, the investigators will test the combined assessment and intervention system in the clinic and the home, identifying challenges and solutions for the scaling up to unconstrained real-world settings.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston University
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Age \>= 18 years * Capacity to consent * Community dwelling * Ability to follow 3-step commands * Lives within 15 miles of Boston
Exclusion criteria
* Undomiciled * Active substance use disorder * Active psychosis * Domestic violence or neglect * Inability to communicate with investigators * Other comorbidities that prevent full participation in the research
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Video and inertial motion unit capture | 1 recording episode, approximately 3 hours | Successfully capture video and inertial motion unit capture of subjects as they perform various movement assessments. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed