Emotional Models for the Estimation of Arousal and Pleasure in Older Adults During Balance Rehabilitation Training.

Emotional computing has been previously applied to assess physiological behavior in a wide variety of tasks and activities. This study extends for the first time the use of emotional computing in the field of balance rehabilitation training. A proof-of-concept study was conducted to assess arousal and pleasure response to a range of physical exercises from the OTAGO and HOLOBALANCE balance rehabilitation programs with varying levels of difficulty and physical demand.

Exploring the Acceptability and Feasibility of Providing a Balance Tele-Rehabilitation Programme to Older Adults at Risk for Falls: An Initial Assessment.

Falls are a major health concern. The HOLOBALANCE tele-rehabilitation system was developed to deliver an evidence based, multi-sensory balance rehabilitation programme, to the elderly at risk of falls. The system delivers a series of balance physiotherapy exercises and cognitive and auditory training tasks prescribed by an expert balance physiotherapist following an initial balance assessment.

A Review of Virtual Coaching Systems in Healthcare: Closing the Loop With Real-Time Feedback.

This review focuses on virtual coaching systems that were designed to enhance healthcare interventions, combining the available sensing and system-user interaction technologies. In total, more than 1,200 research papers have been retrieved and evaluated for the purposes of this review, which were obtained from three online databases (i.e.

Evaluating the Performance of Balance Physiotherapy Exercises Using a Sensory Platform: The Basis for a Persuasive Balance Rehabilitation Virtual Coaching System.

Rehabilitation programs play an important role in improving the quality of life of patients with balance disorders. Such programs are usually executed in a home environment, due to lack of resources. This procedure usually results in poorly performed exercises or even complete drop outs from the programs, as the patients lack guidance and motivation.