DIGITAL MOBILITY MONITORING FOR HEALTHY AGING: RESULTS FROM LARGE AGING COHORTS IN EUROPE AND CANADA
Carl-Philipp Jansen, Marla Beauchamp · 2024
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Carl-Philipp Jansen and Marla Beauchamp introduce research on tracking movement as a health sign in a 2024 symposium paper. Clinicians call mobility the sixth vital sign: how an older person moves forecasts falls, hospital stays, and decline, yet clinics still lack one agreed way to measure it.
Wearable sensors now promise continuous, real-world numbers. The gathered studies test that promise in big groups across Europe and Canada. One frames mobility in three parts and checks them in 1,200 older adults. Another follows the same parts for a year in hip fracture patients. A third compares walking in lung patients against healthy peers. The aim is honest markers doctors can trust.
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| CREATOR | Carl-Philipp Jansen, Marla Beauchamp |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |