New technology helping to tackle frailty in older people

NHS England is reporting the trialling of new wearable sensors, based on technology used by NASA and the CGI film industry, to help identify older patients at risk of falls as part of a new drive to tackle frailty. One system, designed to analyse the way a patient walks, was developed in partnership with Intel and tested at University College Dublin ' s Institute for Sports and Health. In Sheffield, the Perfect Patient Pathway Test Bed is testing Kinesis ' QTUG device for patients over 65 who have no recorded falls and score as ' moderately frail ' . The system sees patients walk with the motion sensor attachments on their legs while an app carries out the analysis.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news