Sensing for Healthy Ageing and Wellbeing
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2022) | Viewed by 9893
Special Issue Editors
Interests: multilevel and dynamic analysis of interactions between processes at the body, organ, and tissue levels; how these interactions can be driven by, or related to, body motion and subject behaviour, with particular interest in the impact that relaxation disciplines can have on human movement
Interests: the biomechanics of transfemoral amputees which involves the mechanical response of soft and hard tissues, skin tribology and the development of devices for its measurement, and finite lement modeling; the development of porous materials for cell culture
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Healthy ageing should be an aim in modern society. Following the increase in life expectancy due to improvements in medicine and technology, the prevalence of age-related disorders is increasing. Further, such conditions are appearing earlier in life, even in adolescence, introducing disturbances into gait, posture, and general daily activities. These disorders can appear in individuals with a previously diagnosed musculoskeletal lesion as well as in able-bodied persons. Thus, there is a disparity between increases in life expectancy and wellbeing.
To understand this phenomenon, we must remember that life is a dynamic system in which several factors interact with each other creating non-linear scenarios that require extensive specialized data for proper analysis. For instance, bad posture in young age can influence development during adolescence and present fully only years later. Muskuloskeletal lesions can modify the gait and posture of subjects, promoting the development of other disorders. Finally, aging itself can modify the coordination of body movement and result in reduced wellbeing.
Given the great variety of scenarios present, the collection of related data requires specialized sensors that are able to capture daily activities inside and outside the laboratory without interfering with subjects’ lives.
Topic of interest for this Special Issue include, but are not limited to
- Sensors for daily activity monitoring;
- Tools and algoritmes for activity recognition with a focus on sensing;
- Wearable sensors.
Dr. Simone Tassani
Prof. Dr. Juan Ramírez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- healthy ageing
- wearable sensors
- daily activity monitoring
- wellbeing
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