Balance4Good - wearable tech to improve balance for an aging population

跌倒造成的平衡丧失和由此造成的伤害是人们随着年龄增长而面临的最重要的医疗保健问题之一。在英格兰，65岁以上的人中，大约有三分之一每年至少摔倒一次，结果往往是昂贵的，而且会缩短寿命。目前，平衡测试、评估和治疗只能在专业诊所进行，使用昂贵的设备，并由专家进行。目前还没有一种消费产品可以让人们自己有效地测试自己的平衡能力，并提供互动练习来改善平衡能力。Balance4Good正在开发一种负担得起的系统，该系统将使人们能够自我管理平衡改善，以防止福尔斯摔倒。这项技术将集成低成本，易于使用的可穿戴传感器与智能手机应用程序和在线服务，将测量平衡，建议锻炼和监测改善。Balance4Good将把经过验证的医疗技术从诊所中拿出来，提供给更广泛的人群，目的是减少老年人意外福尔斯跌倒的成本和危及生命的影响。

Loss of balance and the resulting injuries caused by falling is one of the most significant healthcare problems facing people as they age. About one in three people in England over 65 fall at least once every year, and the results are often costly and life shortening.Currently, balance testing, evaluation and treatment is only available in specialty clinics, using expensive devices and run by experts. No consumer product exists that allows a person on their own to effectively test their balance and provides interactive exercises to improve it.Balance4Good is developing an affordable system that will enable self-managed balance improvement to prevent falls. This technology will integrate low cost, easy to use wearable sensors with a smartphone app and online service that will measure balance, propose exercises, and monitor improvement. Balance4Good will take proven medical techniques out of the clinic and make them available to a wider population with the goal of reducing the cost and life threatening impact of accidental falls amongst the aging.