• Assessing real-world gait with digital technology? Validation, insights and recommendations from the Mobilise-D consortium 

      Micó-Amigo, M. Encarna; Bonci, Tecla; Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara; Ullrich, Martin; Kirk, Cameron; Soltani, Abolfazl; Küderle, Arne; Gazit, Eran; Salis, Francesca; Alcock, Lisa; Aminian, Kamiar; Becker, Clemens; Bertuletti, Stefano; Brown, Philip; Buckley, Ellen; Cantu, Alma; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Caruso, Marco; Caulfield, Brian; Cereatti, Andrea; Chiari, Lorenzo; D’Ascanio, Ilaria; Eskofier, Bjoern; Fernstad, Sara; Froehlich, Marcel; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Hansen, Clint; Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.; Hiden, Hugo; Hume, Emily; Keogh, Alison; Kluge, Felix; Koch, Sarah; Maetzler, Walter; Megaritis, Dimitrios; Mueller, Arne; Niessen, Martijn; Palmerini, Luca; Schwickert, Lars; Scott, Kirsty; Sharrack, Basil; Sillén, Henrik; Singleton, David; Vereijken, Beatrix; Vogiatzis, Ioannis; Yarnall, Alison J.; Rochester, Lynn; Mazzà, Claudia; Del Din, Silvia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Although digital mobility outcomes (DMOs) can be readily calculated from real-world data collected with wearable devices and ad-hoc algorithms, technical validation is still required. The aim of this paper ...
    • Can smartphone technology be used to support an effective home exercise intervention to prevent falls amongst community dwelling older adults?: the TOGETHER feasibility RCT study protocol 

      Hawley-Hague, Helen; Tacconi, Carlo; Mellone, Sabato; Martinez, Ellen; Easdon, Angela; Yang, Fan Bella; Su, Ting-Li; Stefanie Mikolaizak, A; Chiari, Lorenzo; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Todd, Chris (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction Falls have major implications for quality of life, independence and cost to the health service. Strength and balance training has been found to be effective in reducing the rate/risk of falls, as long as there ...
    • Classical machine learning versus deep learning for the older adults free-living activity classification 

      Awais, Muhammad; Chiari, Lorenzo; Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Palmerini, Luca (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Physical activity has a strong influence on mental and physical health and is essential in healthy ageing and wellbeing for the ever-growing elderly population. Wearable sensors can provide a reliable and economical measure ...
    • Comparison of Standard Clinical and Instrumented Physical Performance Tests in Discriminating Functional Status of High-Functioning People Aged 61–70 Years Old 

      Coni, Alice; Van Ancum, Jeanine M.; Bergquist, Ronny; Mikolaizak, A. Stefanie; Mellone, Sabato; Chiari, Lorenzo; Maier, Andrea B.; Pijnappels, Mirjam (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Assessment of physical performance by standard clinical tests such as the 30-s Chair Stand (30CST) and the Timed Up and Go (TUG) may allow early detection of functional decline, even in high-functioning populations, and ...
    • Design and validation of a multi-task, multi-context protocol for real-world gait simulation 

      Scott, Kirsty; Bonci, Tecla; Salis, Francesca; Alcock, Lisa; Buckley, Ellen; Gazit, Eran; Hansen, Clint; Schwickert, Lars; Aminian, Kamiar; Bertuletti, Stefano; Caruso, Marco; Chiari, Lorenzo; Sharrack, Basil; Maetzler, Walter; Becker, Clemens; Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.; Vogiatzis, Ioannis; Brown, Philip; Del Din, Silvia; Eskofier, Björn; Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara; Keogh, Alison; Kirk, Cameron; Kluge, Felix; Micó-Amigo, Encarna M.; Mueller, Arne; Neatrour, Isabel; Niessen, Martijn; Palmerini, Luca; Sillen, Henrik; Singleton, David; Ullrich, Martin; Vereijken, Beatrix; Froehlich, Marcel; Brittain, Gavin; Caulfield, Brian; Koch, Sarah; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Kuederle, Arne; Yarnall, Alison; Rochester, Lynn; Cereatti, Andrea; Mazzà, Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background Measuring mobility in daily life entails dealing with confounding factors arising from multiple sources, including pathological characteristics, patient specific walking strategies, environment/context, and ...
    • Digital technology to deliver a lifestyle-integrated exercise intervention in young seniors – the PreventIT feasibility randomised controlled trial 

      Taraldsen, Kristin; Mikolaizak, A. Stefanie; Maier, Andrea B.; Mellone, Sabato; Boulton, Elisabeth; Aminian, Kamiar; Becker, Clemens; Chiari, Lorenzo; Follestad, Turid; Gannon, Brenda; Ionescu, Anisoara; Pijnappels, Mirjam; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Schwenk, Michael; Todd, Chris; Yang, Fan Bella; Zacchi, Anna; Van Ancum, Jeanine M.; Vereijken, Beatrix; Helbostad, Jorunn L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: Behavioral change is the key to alter individuals’ lifestyle from sedentary to active. The aim was to assess the feasibility of delivering a Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise programme and evaluate the ...
    • Ecological validity of a deep learning algorithm to detect gait events from real-life walking bouts in mobility-limiting diseases 

      Romijnders, Robbin; Salis, Francesca; Hansen, Clint; Küderle, Arne; Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara; Cereatti, Andrea; Alcock, Lisa; Aminian, Kamiar; Becker, Clemens; Bertuletti, Stefano; Bonci, Tecla; Brown, Philip; Buckley, Ellen; Cantu, Alma; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Caruso, Marco; Caulfield, Brian; Chiari, Lorenzo; D'Ascanio, Ilaria; Del Din, Silvia; Eskofier, Björn; Fernstad, Sara Johansson; Fröhlich, Marceli Stanislaw; Garcia Aymerich, Judith; Gazit, Eran; Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.; Hiden, Hugo; Hume, Emily; Keogh, Alison; Kirk, Cameron; Kluge, Felix; Koch, Sarah; Mazzà, Claudia; Megaritis, Dimitrios; Micó-Amigo, Encarna; Müller, Arne; Palmerini, Luca; Rochester, Lynn; Schwickert, Lars; Scott, Kirsty; Sharrack, Basil; Singleton, David; Soltani, Abolfazl; Ullrich, Martin; Vereijken, Beatrix; Vogiatzis, Ioannis; Yarnall, Alison; Schmidt, Gerhard; Maetzler, Walter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Introduction: The clinical assessment of mobility, and walking specifically, is still mainly based on functional tests that lack ecological validity. Thanks to inertial measurement units (IMUs), gait analysis is shifting ...
    • The FARSEEING real-world fall repository: a large-scale collaborative database to collect and share sensor signals from real-world falls 

      Klenk, Jochen; Schwickert, Lars; Palmerini, Luca; Mellone, Sabato; Bourke, Alan; Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Kerse, Ngaire; Hauer, Klaus; Pijnappels, Mirjam; Synofzik, Matthis; Srulijes, Karin; Maetzler, Walter; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Zijlstra, Wiebren; Aminian, Kamiar; Todd, Christopher; Chiari, Lorenzo; Becker, Clemens (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Background Real-world fall events objectively measured by body-worn sensors can improve the understanding of fall events in older people. However, these events are rare and hence challenging to capture. Therefore, the ...
    • Impact of adherence to a lifestyle-integrated programme on physical function and behavioural complexity in young older adults at risk of functional decline: a multicentre RCT secondary analysis 

      Mikolaizak, A Stefanie; Taraldsen, Kristin; Boulton, Elisabeth; Gordt, Katharina; Maier, Andrea Britta; Mellone, Sabato; Hawley-Hague, Helen; Aminian, Kamiar; Chiari, Lorenzo; Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara; Pijnappels, Mirjam; Todd, Chris; Vereijken, Beatrix; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Becker, Clemens (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Context Long-term adherence to physical activity (PA) interventions is challenging. The Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise programmes were adapted Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise (aLiFE) to include more ...
    • A multi-sensor wearable system for the assessment of diseased gait in real-world conditions 

      Salis, Francesca; Bertuletti, Stefano; Bonci, Tecla; Caruso, Marco; Scott, Kirsty; Alcock, Lisa; Buckley, Ellen; Gazit, Eran; Hansen, Clint; Schwickert, Lars; Aminian, Kamiar; Becker, Clemens; Brown, Philip; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Caulfield, Brian; Chiari, Lorenzo; D’Ascanio, Ilaria; Del Din, Silvia; Eskofier, Bjoern M.; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.; Hume, Emily C.; Kirk, Cameron; Kluge, Felix; Koch, Sarah; Kuederle, Arne; Maetzler, Walter; Micó-Amigo, Encarna M.; Mueller, Arne; Neatrour, Isabel; Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara; Palmerini, Luca; Yarnall, Alison J.; Rochester, Lynn; Sharrack, Basil; Singleton, David; Vereijken, Beatrix; Vogiatzis, Ioannis; Della Croce, Ugo; Mazzà, Claudia; Cereatti, Andrea (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Introduction: Accurately assessing people’s gait, especially in real-world conditions and in case of impaired mobility, is still a challenge due to intrinsic and extrinsic factors resulting in gait complexity. To improve ...
    • One-to-one and group-based teleconferencing for falls rehabilitation: Usability, acceptability, and feasibility study 

      Hawley-Hague, Helen; Tacconi, Carlo; Mellone, Sabato; Martinez, Ellen; Chiari, Lorenzo; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Todd, Chris (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: Falls have implications for the health of older adults. Strength and balance interventions significantly reduce the risk of falls; however, patients seldom perform the dose of exercise that is required based ...
    • Performance Evaluation of State of the Art Systems for Psysical Activity Classification of Older Subjects Using Inertial Sensors in a Real Life Scenario: A Benchmark Study 

      Awais, Muhammad; Palmerini, Luca; Bourke, Alan; Ihlen, Espen Alexander F.; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Chiari, Lorenzo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      The popularity of using wearable inertial sensors for physical activity classification has dramatically increased in the last decade due to their versatility, low form factor, and low power requirements. Consequently, ...
    • Protocol for the PreventIT feasibility randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle-integrated exercise intervention in young older adults 

      Taraldsen, Kristin; Mikolaizak, A. Stefanie; Maier, Andrea B.; Boulton, Elisabeth; Aminian, Kamiar; van Ancum, Jeanine; Bandinelli, Stefania; Becker, Clemens; Bergquist, Ronny; Chiari, Lorenzo; Clemson, Lindy; French, David P.; Gannon, Brenda; Hawley-Hague, Helen; Jonkman, Nini H.; Mellone, Sabato; Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara; Pijnappels, Mirjam; Schwenk, Michael; Todd, Chris; Yang, Fan Bella; Zacchi, Anna; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Vereijken, Beatrix (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction The European population is rapidly ageing. In order to handle substantial future challenges in the healthcare system, we need to shift focus from treatment towards health promotion. The PreventIT project has ...
    • Smartphone apps to support falls rehabilitation exercise: App development and usability and acceptability study 

      Hawley-Hague, Helen; Tacconi, Carlo; Mellone, Sabato; Martinez, Ellen; Ford, Claire; Chiari, Lorenzo; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Todd, Chris (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background: Falls have implications for older adults’ health and well-being. Strength and balance interventions significantly reduce the risk of falls. However, patients do not always perform the unsupervised home exercise ...
    • Technical validation of real-world monitoring of gait: A multicentric observational study 

      Mazzà, Claudia; Alcock, Lisa; Aminian, Kamiar; Becker, Clemens; Bertuletti, Stefano; Bonci, Tecla; Brown, Philip; Brozgol, Marina; Buckley, Ellen; Carsin, Anne-Elie; Caruso, Marco; Caulfield, Brian; Cereatti, Andrea; Chiari, Lorenzo; Chynkiamis, Nikolaos; Ciravegna, Fabio; Del Din, Silvia; Eskofier, Bjoern M.; Evers, Jordi; Garcia-Aymerich, Judith; Gazit, Eran; Hansen, Clint; Hausdorff, Jeffrey M.; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Hiden, Hugo; Hume, Emily; Paraschiv-Ionescu, Anisoara; Ireson, Neil; Keogh, Alison; Kirk, Cameron; Kluge, Felix; Koch, Sarah; Küderle, Arne; Lanfranchi, Vitaveska; Maetzler, Walter; Micó-Amigo, M Encarna; Mueller, Arne; Neatrour, Isabel; Niessen, Martijn; Palmerini, Luca; Pluimgraaff, Lucas; Reggi, Luca; Salis, Francesca; Schwickert, Lars; Scott, Kirsty; Sharrack, Basil; Sillen, Henrik; Singleton, David; Soltani, Abolfazi; Taraldsen, Kristin; Ullrich, Martin; Van Gelder, Linda; Vereijken, Beatrix; Vogiatzis, Ioannis; Warmerdam, Elke; Yarnall, Alison; Rochester, Lynn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)