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A seizure detection system in the non-clinical environment would enable long-term monitoring and give better insights into the number of seizures and their characteristics. Moreover, an alarm at seizure onset is important for alerting the parents or care-givers so they could comfort the child and optionally give the treatment. Therefore, we developed a patient-independent automatic algorithm for registration...
Introduction: A new generation of videogames, also called Active Video Games (AVG), may contribute to increase youth Physical Activity (PA) levels. This systematic review aims to provide a synthesis of the current knowledge regarding physical activity promotion in overweight children and adolescents through AVG play. Methods: We conducted a search strategy in PubMed on 25th January 2012, using the...
Recent increase in the number of Autism cases has triggered an alarm in our society. Lack of effective diagnostics, interventions and associated cost makes early intervention and long term treatment difficult. In this paper, we describe novel methods to assist management by automatically detecting stereotypical behavioral patterns using accelerometer data. We use the Iterative Subspace Identification...
In this study, we target to automatically detect behavioral patterns of patients with autism. Many stereotypical behavioral patterns may hinder their learning ability as a child and patterns such as self-injurious behaviors (SIB) can lead to critical damages or wounds as they tend to repeatedly harm one single location. Our custom designed accelerometer based wearable sensor can be placed at various...
Children with cerebral palsy may have difficulty walking and may fall frequently, resulting in a decrease in their participation in school and community activities. It is desirable to assess the effectiveness of mobility therapies for these children on their functioning during everyday living. Over 50 hours of tri-axial accelerometer and digital video recordings from 35 children with cerebral palsy...
Cerebral palsy is a non-progressive neurological disorder caused by disturbances to the developing brain. Physical and occupational therapy, if started at a young age, can help minimizing complications such as joint contractures, and can improve limb range of motion and coordination. While current forms of therapy for children with cerebral palsy are effective in minimizing symptoms, many children...
Idiopathic toe walkers are children whose heels do not touch the ground during walking, but who do not have any neurological deficit to explain this. The stretch reflexes for these children are normal, so that the toe walking appears to be voluntary. These children often suffer social problems. Many of these children who are not treated and some during treatment, are likely to develop a dasiaBouncy...
The galvanic skin response (GSR), also known as elec- trodermal response, measures changes in electrical resistance across two regions of the skin. Galvanic skin response can measure arousal levels in children with autism; however, the GSR signal may be overwhelmed by the vigorous movements of the children. This paper introduces ActionGSR, a wireless sensor capable of measuring both GSR and acceleration...
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