Robotic Personal Aids for Mobility and Monitoring for the Elderly

Two rehabilitation devices, or personal aids for mobility and monitoring (PAMM), for use by the elderly are presented. The devices are intended to delay the transition from eldercare (assisted living) facilities to nursing homes. The robotic PAMMs provide support, guidance, and health monitoring. Tw...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering 2006-09, Vol.14 (3), p.344-351
Main Authors: Spenko, M., Yu, H., Dubowsky, S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biomedical monitoring
Canes
Computerized monitoring
Costs
Elderly
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Female
Humans
Laboratories
Male
Mechanical engineering
Medical services
Mobile robots
mobility
Monitoring, Ambulatory - instrumentation
Monitoring, Ambulatory - methods
Movement Disorders - rehabilitation
personal aids for mobility and monitoring (PAMM)
Rehabilitation robotics
Robotics - instrumentation
Robotics - methods
Self-Help Devices
Senior citizens
SmartCane
SmartWalker
Telemedicine - instrumentation
Telemedicine - methods
Therapy, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Therapy, Computer-Assisted - methods
Walkers
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Summary:Two rehabilitation devices, or personal aids for mobility and monitoring (PAMM), for use by the elderly are presented. The devices are intended to delay the transition from eldercare (assisted living) facilities to nursing homes. The robotic PAMMs provide support, guidance, and health monitoring. Two experimental systems are described: a cane and a walker. Issues of mobility, sensing, and control, as well as experimental data from trials in an assisted living facility using both systems are presented
ISSN:1534-4320
1558-0210
DOI:10.1109/TNSRE.2006.881534