Quantifying Functional Mobility Progress for Chronic Disease Management Export

@proceedings{citeulike:3980432, abstract = {A method for quantifying improvements in functional mobility is presented based on patient-worn accelerometer devices. For patients with cardiovascular, respiratory, or other chronic disease, increasing the amount of functional mobility is a large component of rehabilitation programs. We have conducted an observational trial on the use of accelerometers for quantifying mobility improvements in a small group of chronic disease patients (n=15, 48 - 86 yrs). Cognitive impairments precluded complex instrumentation of patients, and movement data was obtained from a single 2-axis accelerometer device worn at the hip. In our trial, movement data collected from accelerometer devices was classified into Lying vs Sitting/Standing vs Walking/Activity movements. This classification enabled the amount of walking to be quantified and graphically presented to clinicians and carers for feedback on exercise efficacy. Presenting long term trends in this data to patients also provides valuable feedback for self managed care and assisting with compliance}, author = {Boyle, J. and Karunanithi, M. and Wark, T. and Chan, W. and Colavitti, C.}, booktitle = {Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE}, citeulike-article-id = {3980432}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260426}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4463154}, doi = {10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260426}, journal = {Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE}, keywords = {another-ref, apa, bmc, bmj, greb, mra, mra-ref, myrecords, public}, pages = {5916--5919}, posted-at = {2009-01-30 06:03:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Quantifying Functional Mobility Progress for Chronic Disease Management}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260426}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3980432 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3980432 N2 - A method for quantifying improvements in functional mobility is presented based on patient-worn accelerometer devices. For patients with cardiovascular, respiratory, or other chronic disease, increasing the amount of functional mobility is a large component of rehabilitation programs. We have conducted an observational trial on the use of accelerometers for quantifying mobility improvements in a small group of chronic disease patients (n=15, 48 - 86 yrs). Cognitive impairments precluded complex instrumentation of patients, and movement data was obtained from a single 2-axis accelerometer device worn at the hip. In our trial, movement data collected from accelerometer devices was classified into Lying vs Sitting/Standing vs Walking/Activity movements. This classification enabled the amount of walking to be quantified and graphically presented to clinicians and carers for feedback on exercise efficacy. Presenting long term trends in this data to patients also provides valuable feedback for self managed care and assisting with compliance JF - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EP - 5919 TI - Quantifying Functional Mobility Progress for Chronic Disease Management T2 - Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE SP - 5916 KW - another-ref KW - apa KW - bmc KW - bmj KW - greb KW - mra KW - mra-ref KW - myrecords KW - public AU - Boyle, J AU - Karunanithi, M AU - Wark, T AU - Chan, W AU - Colavitti, C PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260426 ER -