A. Khalifeh, R. Obermaisser, D. E. D. I. Abou-Tair, M. Abuteir
{"title":"Systems-of-systems framework for providing real-time patient monitoring and care","authors":"A. Khalifeh, R. Obermaisser, D. E. D. I. Abou-Tair, M. Abuteir","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255324","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255324","url":null,"abstract":"While the importance of System-of-Systems (SoS) is widely recognized, today's missing support for real-time and reliability requirements limits the realization of SoS in safety-relevant real-time applications. Today's reliable embedded real-time architectures are not suited to deal with the openness, dynamic nature and lack of global control in SoS. This paper describes a framework for providing scalable and effective monitoring services for patients' health and conditions to help them to rehabilitate and recover from their illnesses. Different from most of the proposed work in the literature, this framework utilizes the concept of systems-of-systems approach in sensing, analyzing the patients' information data, and issuing real-time alert messages to the healthcare monitoring center and proposes mechanisms to efficiently deal with the reliability and real-time data delivery challenges that are very essential in healthcare monitoring and reporting process.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121330291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kinteract: a multi-sensor physical rehabilitation solution based on interactive games","authors":"Nuno Matos, António Santos, A. Vasconcelos","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255325","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255325","url":null,"abstract":"All over the world there are millions of people who are living with long-term motor impairments caused by a stroke or any other kind of corticospinal tract injuries. The physical rehabilitation of these patients is usually slow and demotivating. In this paper we introduce Kinteract, a novel solution that applies the paradigm of using motion-based games in the rehabilitation process, with the added value of providing a motion sensor server that supports a growing array of motion sensors (currently Microsoft Kinect, Leap Motion and Orbotix Sphero) and merge their data into a single protocol that can be used for any purpose. The use of different sensors, even at the same time, allows the rehabilitation of specific parts of the body. This data can be stored in a server for physicians to analyse and can clearly reveal the evolution of the patient in the rehabilitation process.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"285 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122968833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"NavMem explorer: an orientation aid for people with mild cognitive impairments","authors":"Benjamin Poppinga, Wilko Heuten, Susanne CJ Boll","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255195","url":null,"abstract":"People with cognitive impairments frequently loose orientation when navigating outdoors. Existing navigation solutions provide an over-whelming amount of information and are unable to address the users' needs and desires. In this paper, we present our current status on the development of NavMem Explorer, an orientation aid for people with mild cognitive impairments (MCI). We summarize findings from initial user studies, illustrate the design rationales, give insights into our implementation, and outline planned studies. The key design concepts of our prototype are the decomposition of complex navigation tasks into less complex navigation tasks, the personalization of content, and the use of photographs whenever possible. Thereby, we rely on and strengthen users' existing knowledge and mental capabilities. We argue that the overall design allows users with MCI to accomplish navigation tasks without loosing orientation. Thus, people will be encouraged and supported to go out alone and actively participate in social life.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128613553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chris P. Brennan, P. Mccullagh, G. Lightbody, L. Galway
{"title":"The BCI as a pervasive technology: a research plan","authors":"Chris P. Brennan, P. Mccullagh, G. Lightbody, L. Galway","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255755","url":null,"abstract":"In this work we explore whether the Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) can become a pervasive technology. The primary goal of BCI technology has been to provide communication and control for people with severe neural dysfunction, which affects their ability to interact with the environment. BCI research has focused largely on noninvasive, electroencephalography (EEG) based BCI methods. A number of EEG consumer grade devices are now available; the Emotiv EPOC neuroheadset is one such device. This paper investigates the utility, performance and usability of this device in an office setting by using EEG correlates of bio-signals for control. The results suggest that it is possible for some users to achieve reasonable control with only minutes of training. However sustaining engagement over a longer duration and widespread use provide suitable areas for further investigation. As a contribution to the Doctoral Colloquium the paper provides an account of intended contributions of this BCI research, the plan of study necessary to achieve this goal, and enumerates the major research questions to be addressed in the next two years. The longer-term aim is to deploy BCI as a Pervasive technology.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128661366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos Ferreira, V. Guimarães, António Santos, I. Sousa
{"title":"Gamification of stroke rehabilitation exercises using a smartphone","authors":"Carlos Ferreira, V. Guimarães, António Santos, I. Sousa","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255326","url":null,"abstract":"Stroke is a disabling disease that requires extensive work of rehabilitation to improve the quality of life of patients. In order to increase the compliance and motivation of the patients, stroke rehabilitation exercises have been developed in a game-like structure using a smartphone. These games were designed to promote and evaluate different movements of the upper limbs and their level of difficulty is adaptable to each patient's impairment level. The feasibility of the use of smartphone built-in inertial sensors to monitor the execution of stroke rehabilitation exercises has been assessed. The accuracy of the angles measured decreased along time and for higher angles, nevertheless the differences between real and measured angles are within acceptable limits. The usability tests in a post-stroke patient case demonstrate the applicability and motivational potential of the developed games. Gamification of stroke rehabilitation exercises using a smartphone is feasible and may be valuable for stroke rehabilitation.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131196813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Automated detection of puffing and smoking with wrist accelerometers","authors":"Qu Tang, D. Vidrine, Eric Crowder, S. Intille","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254978","url":null,"abstract":"Real-time, automatic detection of smoking behavior could lead to novel measurement tools for smoking research and \"just-in-time\" interventions that may help people quit, reducing preventable deaths. This paper discusses the use of machine learning with wrist accelerometer data for automatic puffing and smoking detection. A two-layer smoking detection model is proposed that incorporates both low-level time domain features and high-level smoking topography such as inter-puff intervals and puff frequency to detect puffing then smoking. On a pilot dataset of 6 individuals observed for 11.8 total hours in real-life settings performing complex tasks while smoking, the model obtains a cross validation F1-score of 0.70 for puffing detection and 0.79 for smoking detection over all participants, and a mean F1-score of 0.75 for puffing detection with user-specific training data. Unresolved challenges that must still be addressed in this activity detection domain are discussed.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124379952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gauging the patient-centered potential of online health seeking","authors":"Matthew N. Bonner, Elizabeth D. Mynatt","doi":"10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.254953","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH.2014.254953","url":null,"abstract":"Online Health Seeking (OHS) is the process by which people find, share and consume online health and wellness information. OHS is widespread, widely studied and often presented as a concerning new trend. We suggest OHS is a natural fit with patient-centered care, representing an opportunity to improve patient provider relationships and patient satisfaction. Over two years we conducted a series of investigations of OHS at a local clinic where OHS plays an important role in care. Through focus groups, shadowing and interviewing we explore how this clinic's health professional advisors and their clients interact around OHS. We also use a set of repeated surveys to investigate the link between components of OHS and concepts like Patient-Centered Care (PCC) and the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC). In this paper we present the results of our studies, which describe a clinic that emphasizes OHS and show encouraging links between OHS, PCC and the MHLC. Working to unpack these results, we discuss how OHS could be better operationalized as a tool for improving care and conclude with suggestions for patient-centered OHS interventions.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125020156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel accessibility assessment framework for the elderly: evaluation in a case study on office design","authors":"P. Moschonas, I. Paliokas, D. Tzovaras","doi":"10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255349","url":null,"abstract":"Elderly and impaired persons constitute an important part of our societies. Existing practices to test accessibility features on forthcoming consumer products and services rely on tests with real impaired users on the industrial prototypes. Our approach comes to automate the evaluation process and introduce it in early phases of the product design. The proposed accessibility assement framework is based on the Virtual User Models (VUMs) concept. VUMs are models containing several parameters used for the emulation of the behavioural characteristics of impaired and elderly populations. In this paper, the simulation framework and a number of VUMs corresponding to real persons are evaluated using two variations of a workplace office design. Results indicated that VUMs are efficient predictors of the corresponding end user's behaviour and thus, their simulated performance can lead into decision making during the product test-and-redesign cycles.","PeriodicalId":120856,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare","volume":"63 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114043483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}