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Clinical Changes of Respiratory Parameters in Institutionalized Older Adults after a Physiotherapy Program Combining Respiratory and Musculoskeletal Exercises

Arnal-Gomez, Anna; Saavedra-Hernández, Manuel; Martinez-Millana, Antonio; Espí-López, Gemma V. (MDPI AG, 2022-09)

[EN] Nowadays pulmonary diseases are an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality. Diaphragmatic breathing is a controlled-breathing technique that aims to optimize thoracoabdominal movements. The aim of this ...
Effects of an Exergame Software for Older Adults on Fitness, Activities of Daily Living Performance, and Quality of Life

Neumann, Silke; Meidert, U.; Barbera Guillem, Ricard; Poveda Puente, Rakel; Becker, Heidrun (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2018-10)

[EN] Background: As people become older, the biological process of aging leads to a decline in functional capabilities, which entails difficulties in the performance of daily tasks. Within the "Active and Assisted Living ...
ICT-based system to predict and prevent falls (iStoppFalls): study protocol for an international multicenter randomized controlled trial

Gschwind, Yves J.; Eichberg, Sabine; Marston, Hannah R.; Ejupi, Andreas; De Rosario Martínez, Helios; Kroll, Michael; Drobics, Mario; Annegarn, Janneke; Wieching, Rainer; Lord, Stephen R.; Aal, Konstantin; Delbaere, Kim (BioMed Central, 2014-08-20)

[EN] Background: Falls are very common, especially in adults aged 65 years and older. Within the current international European Commission's Seventh Framework Program (FP7) project 'iStoppFalls' an Information and Communication ...
ICT-based system to predict and preventfalls (iStoppFalls): results from aninternational multicenter randomizedcontrolled trial

Gschwind, Yves J.; Eichberg, Sabine; Ejupi, Andreas; De Rosario Martínez, Helios; Kroll, Michael; Marston, Hannah R.; Drobics, Mario; Annegarn, Janneke; Wieching, Rainer; Lord, Stephen R.; Aal, Konstantin; Vaziri, Daryoush; Woodbury, Ashley; Fink, Dennis; Delbaere, Kim (Springer Verlag (Germany), 2015-11-27)

[EN] Background: Falls and fall-related injuries are a serious public health issue. Exercise programs can effectively reduce fall risk in older people. The iStoppFalls project developed an Information and Communication ...
Inferring loneliness levels in older adults from smartphones

Sanchez, Wendy; Martinez, Alicia; Campos, Wilfrido; Estrada, Hugo; Pelechano Ferragud, Vicente (IOS Press, 2015)

The number of older adult has increased significantly in most current societies. One problem that is accentuated in the stage of old age is loneliness which is a serious health risk. Therefore, new methods for early ...
SEPA: Senior Electronic Personal Assistant

García Blanes, David (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-02-20)

[EN] The objective of this thesis was to explore how modern technologies fail in being adopted by older people; the issues that come with older age, and how current technology is proving unable to solve or ease the problems ...
The My Active and Healthy Aging (My-AHA) ICT platform to detect and prevent frailty in older adults: Randomized control trial design and protocol

Summers, Mathew J.; Rainero, Innocenzo; Vercelli, Alessandro E.; Aumayr, Georg Aumayr; De Rosario Martínez, Helios; Mönter, Michaela; Kawashima, Ryuta (Elsevier, 2018-07-09)

[EN] Introduction Frailty increases the risk of poor health outcomes, disability, hospitalization, and death in older adults and affects 7%¿12% of the aging population. Secondary impacts of frailty on psychological health ...