A Review of Activity Trackers for Senior Citizens: Research Perspectives, Commercial Landscape and the Role of the Insurance Industry.
A Review of Activity Trackers for Senior Citizens: Research Perspectives, Commercial Landscape and the Role of the Insurance Industry.
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10.3390/s17061277
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2017-06-03
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O'Flynn B
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Tedesco S;Barton J;O'Flynn B
通过可穿戴惯性运动探测器对身体活动水平进行客观评估，以自动、连续和长期监测自由生活环境中的人们，是文献中众所周知的研究领域。然而，它们对老年人的应用可能存在特殊的限制。本文通过描述监测身体活动指标的各种研究，例如能量消耗、姿势转换、活动分类、跌倒检测和预测、步态和平衡分析，以及采用消费级健身追踪器及其可接受性的相关限制，回顾了老年人对可穿戴设备的采用。这篇评论还描述和比较了现有的商业产品，包括为老年人量身定制的活动跟踪器，从而提供了对商用运动跟踪系统现状的全面展望。最后，分析了可穿戴设备对人寿和健康保险公司的影响，并描述了该行业和可穿戴设备市场的潜在利益，并以此作为此类技术未来潜在新兴市场驱动因素的示例。
The objective assessment of physical activity levels through wearable inertial-based motion detectors for the automatic, continuous and long-term monitoring of people in free-living environments is a well-known research area in the literature. However, their application to older adults can present particular constraints. This paper reviews the adoption of wearable devices in senior citizens by describing various researches for monitoring physical activity indicators, such as energy expenditure, posture transitions, activity classification, fall detection and prediction, gait and balance analysis, also by adopting consumer-grade fitness trackers with the associated limitations regarding acceptability. This review also describes and compares existing commercial products encompassing activity trackers tailored for older adults, thus providing a comprehensive outlook of the status of commercially available motion tracking systems. Finally, the impact of wearable devices on life and health insurance companies, with a description of the potential benefits for the industry and the wearables market, was analyzed as an example of the potential emerging market drivers for such technology in the future.