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The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study
Robots can play a significant role as assistive devices for people with movement impairment and mild cognitive deficit. In this paper we present an overview of the lightweight i-Walk intelligent robotic rollator, which offers cognitive and mobility assistance to the elderly and to people with light...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8483242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34604315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.677542 |
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author | Moustris, George Kardaris, Nikolaos Tsiami, Antigoni Chalvatzaki, Georgia Koutras, Petros Dometios, Athanasios Oikonomou, Paris Tzafestas, Costas Maragos, Petros Efthimiou, Eleni Papageorgiou, Xanthi Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita Koumpouros, Yiannis Vacalopoulou, Anna Papageorgiou, Effie Karavasili, Alexandra Koureta, Foteini Dimou, Dimitris Nikolakakis, Alexandros Karaiskos, Konstantinos Mavridis, Panagiotis |
author_facet | Moustris, George Kardaris, Nikolaos Tsiami, Antigoni Chalvatzaki, Georgia Koutras, Petros Dometios, Athanasios Oikonomou, Paris Tzafestas, Costas Maragos, Petros Efthimiou, Eleni Papageorgiou, Xanthi Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita Koumpouros, Yiannis Vacalopoulou, Anna Papageorgiou, Effie Karavasili, Alexandra Koureta, Foteini Dimou, Dimitris Nikolakakis, Alexandros Karaiskos, Konstantinos Mavridis, Panagiotis |
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description | Robots can play a significant role as assistive devices for people with movement impairment and mild cognitive deficit. In this paper we present an overview of the lightweight i-Walk intelligent robotic rollator, which offers cognitive and mobility assistance to the elderly and to people with light to moderate mobility impairment. The utility, usability, safety and technical performance of the device is investigated through a clinical study, which took place at a rehabilitation center in Greece involving real patients with mild to moderate cognitive and mobility impairment. This first evaluation study comprised a set of scenarios in a number of pre-defined use cases, including physical rehabilitation exercises, as well as mobility and ambulation involved in typical daily living activities of the patients. The design and implementation of this study is discussed in detail, along with the obtained results, which include both an objective and a subjective evaluation of the system operation, based on a set of technical performance measures and a validated questionnaire for the analysis of qualitative data, respectively. The study shows that the technical modules performed satisfactory under real conditions, and that the users generally hold very positive views of the platform, considering it safe and reliable. |
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spelling | pubmed-84832422021-10-01 The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study Moustris, George Kardaris, Nikolaos Tsiami, Antigoni Chalvatzaki, Georgia Koutras, Petros Dometios, Athanasios Oikonomou, Paris Tzafestas, Costas Maragos, Petros Efthimiou, Eleni Papageorgiou, Xanthi Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita Koumpouros, Yiannis Vacalopoulou, Anna Papageorgiou, Effie Karavasili, Alexandra Koureta, Foteini Dimou, Dimitris Nikolakakis, Alexandros Karaiskos, Konstantinos Mavridis, Panagiotis Front Robot AI Robotics and AI Robots can play a significant role as assistive devices for people with movement impairment and mild cognitive deficit. In this paper we present an overview of the lightweight i-Walk intelligent robotic rollator, which offers cognitive and mobility assistance to the elderly and to people with light to moderate mobility impairment. The utility, usability, safety and technical performance of the device is investigated through a clinical study, which took place at a rehabilitation center in Greece involving real patients with mild to moderate cognitive and mobility impairment. This first evaluation study comprised a set of scenarios in a number of pre-defined use cases, including physical rehabilitation exercises, as well as mobility and ambulation involved in typical daily living activities of the patients. The design and implementation of this study is discussed in detail, along with the obtained results, which include both an objective and a subjective evaluation of the system operation, based on a set of technical performance measures and a validated questionnaire for the analysis of qualitative data, respectively. The study shows that the technical modules performed satisfactory under real conditions, and that the users generally hold very positive views of the platform, considering it safe and reliable. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC8483242/ /pubmed/34604315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.677542 Text en Copyright © 2021 Moustris, Kardaris, Tsiami, Chalvatzaki, Koutras, Dometios, Oikonomou, Tzafestas, Maragos, Efthimiou, Papageorgiou, Fotinea, Koumpouros, Vacalopoulou, Papageorgiou, Karavasili, Koureta, Dimou, Nikolakakis, Karaiskos and Mavridis. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Robotics and AI Moustris, George Kardaris, Nikolaos Tsiami, Antigoni Chalvatzaki, Georgia Koutras, Petros Dometios, Athanasios Oikonomou, Paris Tzafestas, Costas Maragos, Petros Efthimiou, Eleni Papageorgiou, Xanthi Fotinea, Stavroula-Evita Koumpouros, Yiannis Vacalopoulou, Anna Papageorgiou, Effie Karavasili, Alexandra Koureta, Foteini Dimou, Dimitris Nikolakakis, Alexandros Karaiskos, Konstantinos Mavridis, Panagiotis The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study |
title | The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study |
title_full | The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study |
title_fullStr | The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study |
title_full_unstemmed | The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study |
title_short | The i-Walk Lightweight Assistive Rollator: First Evaluation Study |
title_sort | i-walk lightweight assistive rollator: first evaluation study |
topic | Robotics and AI |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8483242/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34604315 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2021.677542 |
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