A virtual reality game-like tool for assessing the risk of falling in the elderly

Garcia, JA

A virtual reality game-like tool for assessing the risk of falling in the elderly

Garcia, JA

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Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2019, 266 pp. 63 - 69
Issue Date:: 2019-08-08

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dc.contributor.author	Garcia, JA https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5718-1605	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-08-08	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2019, 266 pp. 63 - 69	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781643680064	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0926-9630	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/137504
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 The authors and IOS Press. This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0). In recent years, the use of interactive game technology has gained much interest in the research community as a means to measure indicators associated with the risk of falling in the elderly. Input devices used for gaming offer an inexpensive but yet reliable alternative to the costly apparatuses used in clinics and medical centers. In this paper, we explore the feasibility of using virtual reality technology as a tool to assess the risk of falling in the senior community in a more immersive, intuitive and descriptive manner. Our VR-based tool captures stepping performance parameters in order to fulfill the requirements of a well-established clinical test for fall risk assessment. The use of virtual reality allows for an immersive experience where elderly users can fully concentrate on the motor and cognitive functions being assessed rather than the technology being used.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3233/SHTI190774	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Medical Informatics	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Cognition	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Accidental Falls	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Aged	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Games, Recreational	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Virtual Reality	en_US
dc.title	A virtual reality game-like tool for assessing the risk of falling in the elderly	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.citation.volume	266	en_US
utslib.for	0807 Library and Information Studies	en_US
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Computer Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - PERSWADE - Centre on Persuasive Systems for Wise Adaptive Living
utslib.copyright.status	open_access	*
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	266	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019 The authors and IOS Press. This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0). In recent years, the use of interactive game technology has gained much interest in the research community as a means to measure indicators associated with the risk of falling in the elderly. Input devices used for gaming offer an inexpensive but yet reliable alternative to the costly apparatuses used in clinics and medical centers. In this paper, we explore the feasibility of using virtual reality technology as a tool to assess the risk of falling in the senior community in a more immersive, intuitive and descriptive manner. Our VR-based tool captures stepping performance parameters in order to fulfill the requirements of a well-established clinical test for fall risk assessment. The use of virtual reality allows for an immersive experience where elderly users can fully concentrate on the motor and cognitive functions being assessed rather than the technology being used.

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