Digital System for the Geriatric Somatic Function Assessment
	    		
		   		
		   			
		   		
	    	
    	 
    	10.3969/j.issn.1671-7104.2017.05.008
   		
        
        	
        		- VernacularTitle:数字化老年躯体功能评估系统
 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Author:
	        		
		        		
		        		
			        		Xiaolei QIU
			        		
			        		
			        		
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			        		Zhiming YAO
			        		
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			        		Xianjun YANG
			        		
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			        		Shengqiang XU
			        		
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			        		Yao LIU
			        		
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			        		Zheng TANG
			        		
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			        		Junli WEN
			        		
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			        		Yining SUN
			        		
			        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        			
			        		
			        		Author Information
			        		
		        		
		        		
			        		
			        		
			        			1. 中国科学院合肥智能机械研究所
			        		
		        		
	        		
        		 
        	
        	
        	
        	
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				        		the elderly;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		somatic function assessment;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		digitization;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		gait;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		balance
			        		
			        		
	        			
        			
        		
 
        	
            
            
            	- From:
	            		
	            			Chinese Journal of Medical Instrumentation
	            		
	            		 2017;41(5):342-345
	            	
            	
 
            
            
            	- CountryChina
 
            
            
            	- Language:Chinese
 
            
            
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		        	Abstract:
			       	
			       		
				        
				        	At present, the somatic function assessment of the elderly mostly depends on the doctor's observation and the scale evaluation, and there isn't the objective and quantitative assessment criteria. In this paper, we design and construct a digital system for the geriatric somatic function assessment, which is based on digital ground, inertial unit, mobile terminal and PC terminal. The gait and balance parameters of the elderly were obtained by the Time Up and Go test and five postures test. Based on the linear regression model of gait and balance parameters, the system was used to evaluate the somatic function of the elderly. The experimental results show that the system not only can accurately distinguish elderly between fall and non-fall, but also has a high correlation between the score of the system and the score of clinical geriatric physical function scale.