Market research study proposal for an assessment of market opportunities for CP-scan: a novel cardiovascular & postural control system interactive scanning device.

评估 CP 扫描市场机会的市场研究建议：一种新型心血管疾病

• 批准号: 514319-2017
• 负责人: Blaber, Andrew
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: Simon Fraser University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Idea to Innovation
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=618338
• 关键词: Market; research; study; proposal; assessment

Fainting and falls can have serious health impacts, especially in the elderly. A change in position like goingfrom lying down in bed or from sitting to standing causes blood to drain away from the head and pool in thelegs. If your body does not respond fast or great enough to this challenge you will feel dizzy and possibly faint.If this occurs in bed the fall could be relatively harmless, but if occurs near stairs or a hard tile floor the fallcould be fatal. In healthy individuals, the normal response involves the "whole-body" and uses thecardiovascular and balance functions to adjust for this change. However, a range of situations, from normalaging to illness and neurological disorders (Multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, Stroke) can interfere with thisprocess producing a higher rate of faints and falls. An ability to detect and predict causes of these situations canlead to successful remedial actions with substantial savings in healthcare costs. The technology developmentfor the Cardio-Postural Scanner started at SFU (Andrew Blaber, Kouhyar Takavolian and Alexandre Laurin).This development has resulted in a device, not dissimilar from a bathroom scale, which can measure threeseparate body signals: cardiovascular function, postural sway and leg muscle activity. Combining these signalsleads to response index, unique to this technology, which can be used to inform recovery, training andmaintenance plans. The assessment itself is non-intrusive and involves a short sitting and standing test.Hardware and software combine these signals to provide information on the individual body component, butalso provide a new assessment based on how these systems respond together. Together these measurementsallow for a concise analysis for at-risk individuals. By correctly intervening with appropriate measures, overallcare costs can be reduced.

昏厥和福尔斯会对健康造成严重影响，尤其是老年人。从躺在床上或从坐着到站着的姿势变化会导致血液从头部流出并汇集在腿部。如果你的身体对这个挑战反应不够快或不够好，你会感到头晕，可能会晕倒。如果发生在床上，摔倒可能相对无害，但如果发生在楼梯附近或硬瓷砖地板上，摔倒可能是致命的。在健康的个体中，正常的反应涉及“全身”，并使用心血管和平衡功能来调整这种变化。然而，一系列的情况，从正常衰老到疾病和神经系统疾病（多发性硬化症，帕金森氏症，中风）都会干扰这一过程，从而导致更高的晕倒和福尔斯率。检测和预测这些情况的原因的能力可以导致成功的补救措施，并节省大量的医疗费用。SFU（Andrew Blaber，Kouhyar Takavolian和Alexandre Laurin）开始了人体姿势扫描仪的技术开发。这一开发导致了一种与浴室秤相似的设备，它可以测量三个独立的身体信号：心血管功能，姿势摇摆和腿部肌肉活动。将这些信号结合在一起，就可以得到这项技术独有的响应指数，它可以用来为恢复、训练和维护计划提供信息。评估本身是非侵入性的，包括一个简短的坐着和站立测试。硬件和软件联合收割机结合这些信号，提供有关个人身体组成部分的信息，但也提供了一个新的评估的基础上，这些系统如何共同作出反应。这些测量值一起可以对处于风险中的个体进行简明的分析。通过适当的干预措施，可以降低整体护理成本。