Gatsios, D;
Bamiou, DE;
Costafreda, S;
Georga, EI;
Kourou, KK;
Exarchos, T;
Tsiouris, KM;
(2020)
Empowering Community Dwelling Older Citizens to Improve Their Balance with a Novel Technology Platform.
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XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (Proceedings of MEDICON 2019).
(pp. pp. 983-988).
Springer: Cham, Switzerland.
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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.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | Empowering Community Dwelling Older Citizens to Improve Their Balance with a Novel Technology Platform |
| Event: | Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (MEDICON 2019) |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_120 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31635-8_120 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Empowerment, Vestibular rehabilitation therapy, Human machine interaction |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > The Ear Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089270 |
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