eprintid: 10089270 rev_number: 19 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/08/92/70 datestamp: 2020-01-10 10:58:44 lastmod: 2021-10-13 23:22:53 status_changed: 2020-01-10 10:58:44 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Gatsios, D creators_name: Bamiou, DE creators_name: Costafreda, S creators_name: Georga, EI creators_name: Kourou, KK creators_name: Exarchos, T creators_name: Tsiouris, KM creators_name: Fotiadis, DI title: Empowering Community Dwelling Older Citizens to Improve Their Balance with a Novel Technology Platform ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C07 divisions: D79 divisions: D06 keywords: Empowerment, Vestibular rehabilitation therapy, Human machine interaction note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: The prevalence of balance deficits increases as the population is ageing. Such deficits are associated with the increased incidence of falls which in turn is linked with substantial limited functionality and morbidity. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) as a component of the treatment has been shown to be effective in reducing symptoms and improving balance. HOLOBALANCE is an intervention based on a novel technology platform for providing VRT unsupervised, at home which means that motivating citizens to be compliant and promoting empowerment are the cornerstones for its wide adoption. Here we present how citizens empowerment is being addressed in HOLOBALANCE. date: 2020-01-01 date_type: published publisher: Springer official_url: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_120 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1732530 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_120 lyricists_name: Bamiou, Doris-Eva lyricists_name: Costafreda Gonzalez, Sergi lyricists_id: DEBAM22 lyricists_id: SCOST14 actors_name: Bamiou, Doris-Eva actors_id: DEBAM22 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: IFMBE Proceedings volume: 76 place_of_pub: Cham, Switzerland pagerange: 983-988 event_title: Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON 2019) book_title: XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (Proceedings of MEDICON 2019) citation: Gatsios, D; Bamiou, DE; Costafreda, S; Georga, EI; Kourou, KK; Exarchos, T; Tsiouris, KM; Gatsios, D; Bamiou, DE; Costafreda, S; Georga, EI; Kourou, KK; Exarchos, T; Tsiouris, KM; Fotiadis, DI; - view fewer <#> (2020) Empowering Community Dwelling Older Citizens to Improve Their Balance with a Novel Technology Platform. In: XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (Proceedings of MEDICON 2019). (pp. pp. 983-988). Springer: Cham, Switzerland. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089270/1/HLB_MEDICON.pdf