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

昏厥和跌倒会对健康造成严重影响，尤其是对老年人。姿势的改变，比如从躺在床上或从坐着到站着，会导致血液从头部流出，流向腿部。如果你的身体对这种挑战反应不够快或不够好，你就会感到头晕甚至可能晕倒。如果发生在床上，则相对无害，但如果发生在楼梯或坚硬的瓷砖地板附近，则可能是致命的。在健康个体中，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，从正常到疾病和神经紊乱（多发性硬化症、帕金森症、中风）等一系列情况都会干扰这一过程，从而导致晕倒和跌倒的几率更高。检测和预测这些情况的原因的能力可以导致成功的补救行动，并大大节省医疗保健费用。心脏姿势扫描仪的技术开发始于SFU （Andrew Blaber， Kouhyar Takavolian和Alexandre Laurin）。这一发展产生了一种装置，与浴室秤没什么不同，它可以测量三种不同的身体信号：心血管功能、姿势摆动和腿部肌肉活动。将这些信号结合起来，就产生了响应指数，这是该技术独有的，可用于通知恢复、培训和维护计划。评估本身是非侵入性的，包括短暂的坐着和站立测试。硬件和软件将这些信号结合起来，提供有关个体身体组成部分的信息，但也提供了基于这些系统如何共同反应的新评估。综合这些测量结果，可以对高危人群进行简明的分析。通过采取适当措施进行正确干预，可以降低总体护理成本。

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.