A Smart Physical Examination System for the Health Management in Elderly

Development and Clinical Applications of a Smart Physical Examination System for the Health Management in Elderly

The object of this study is to develop a smart physical examination system targeted on the unmet need of the elderly.Furthermore,the ultimate goal is to realize a commercial product aiming at the silver hair market with functional advantages to meet the unmet needs of health management in elderly.

Aging usually results in a decline of motor function. However, elderly tends to refuse the regular health examination because of travel issues or lack of self-health awareness. Examination unit also has difficulty to intensively track and instantly feedback the health status of elderly due to insufficient manpower. If elderly goes to the hospital only when the health problem is getting worse, his/her health is often irreversible and the cost of medical care would be increased. It is therefore an essential issue for the early detection of functional changes in elderly to prevent the deterioration of the health and function. Currently, the telemedicine cares provided by hospitals are not universal due to the out-of-date legislation and non-successful business model. The wearing and operation issues of the wearable devices used for health management are still a gap affecting the acceptance of elderly. Accordingly, the objective of this project is to develop a handy and easy-to-use smart physical examination system targeted on the unmet need of the elderly. With the use of motion-sensing and big data analysis technology, the non-contact professional and intelligent assessment could simplify the general health checkup procedures to promote the health management and to reduce the manpower cost of health care. Following the principle of commercialization, this project aims at working out the product prototype, finalize the assessment tools/algorithm, and put it into the clinical trials. The project research team comprising the physicians, therapists, hardware and software systems engineering experts, with the early manufacturing involvement from the industry partner. The team members will work closely to solve the clinical, engineering, and market demand issues during the development process. The project will build a platform to deepen the bilateral understanding and research cooperation to solve the aging society problem. The ultimate goal is to realize a commercial product aiming at the silver hair market with functional advantages to meet the unmet needs of health management in elderly.

Inclusion Criteria:

1.55-85 years old 2.people who can do movement by 3.people who can walk >10m independently.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. people who implant cardiac rhythm, have cardiac arrhythmia,tumor,infection,or any other internal disease.
2. people who have visual disturbance (Corrected vision<4.0 or any ophthalmic diseases caused bad eyesight),hearing loss,movement disorder.
3. people who can't stand stably.
4. people who can't fill out a questionnaire independently.