Quantifying steps during a timed up and go test using a wearable sensor system: a laboratory-based validation study in healthy young and older volunteers

Grainne Vavasour; Oonagh Giggins; Orla Moran; Julie Doyle; Daniel Kelly

doi:10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9631036

Quantifying steps during a timed up and go test using a wearable sensor system: a laboratory-based validation study in healthy young and older volunteers

Grainne Vavasour, Oonagh Giggins, Orla Moran, Julie Doyle, Daniel Kelly

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Abstract

Mobility is an important factor in maintaining health and independence in an aging population. Facilitating community-dwelling older adults to independently identify signs of functional decline could help reduce disability and frailty development. Step-count from a body-worn sensor system was compared with a criterion measure in healthy young (n = 10) and healthy older adults (n = 10) during a Timed Up and Go test under different conditions. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient indicated strong agreement between the sensor obtained step-count and that of the criterion measure in both age groups, in all mobility tests. A body-worn sensor system can provide objective, quantitative measures of step-count over short distances in older adults. Future research will examine if step-count alone can be used to identify functional decline and risk of frailty.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC)
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	104
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-1179-7, 978-1-7281-1178-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-1180-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9631036
Publication status	Published online - 9 Dec 2021
Event	43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Virtual Duration: 31 Oct 2021 → 4 Nov 2021 https://embc.embs.org/2021/

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ISSN (Print)	2375-7477
ISSN (Electronic)	2694-0604

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Conference	43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Period	31/10/21 → 4/11/21
Internet address	https://embc.embs.org/2021/

Keywords

Wearable Sensors
Functional Test
Timed up and go test
Older Adults

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Vavasour, G., Giggins, O., Moran, O., Doyle, J., & Kelly, D. (2021). Quantifying steps during a timed up and go test using a wearable sensor system: a laboratory-based validation study in healthy young and older volunteers. In 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC) (pp. 104). IEEE. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9631036

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Vavasour, G, Giggins, O, Moran, O, Doyle, J & Kelly, D 2021, Quantifying steps during a timed up and go test using a wearable sensor system: a laboratory-based validation study in healthy young and older volunteers. in 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE, pp. 104, 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 31/10/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9631036

Quantifying steps during a timed up and go test using a wearable sensor system: a laboratory-based validation study in healthy young and older volunteers. / Vavasour, Grainne; Giggins, Oonagh; Moran, Orla et al.
2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE, 2021. p. 104.

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Vavasour G, Giggins O, Moran O, Doyle J, Kelly D. Quantifying steps during a timed up and go test using a wearable sensor system: a laboratory-based validation study in healthy young and older volunteers. In 2021 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE. 2021. p. 104 Epub 2021 Dec 9. doi: 10.1109/EMBC46164.2021.9631036

Quantifying steps during a timed up and go test using a wearable sensor system: a laboratory-based validation study in healthy young and older volunteers

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