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Due to home accidents occurring within the world's aging population, especially with the accidental stumble and falling of the elderly, mortality and morbidity from falls have become one of the major issues in the health care system. In most developed countries, most frequent stumbles and falls occur in and around the community or at home. A number of wearable devices integrated with accelerometers...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of computer pointing devices on computer using of aging people in Chinese mainland. A total of 16 elder users whose average age was 65 without any computer experience before were selected as subjects in a tracking task. Three pointing devices including traditional mouse, touch pad and track point in notebook were evaluated. The operation performance...
Balance and locomotion involve multi-sensory integration while meeting environmental demands. In addition, increased task complexity negatively affects postural control in aging and patient populations. The goal of this pilot study was to examine the effects of aging and cognitive load on the visual perception of vertical. Four young and 3 older individuals participated. Subjective visual vertical...
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