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Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)
Technology (e.g. robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)
Geriatric Rehabilitation
Symposium
Changhong Wang, PhD
Postdoc Fellow
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Bijan Najafi, PhD
Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Melike Kahya, PT, MS
Graduate Student
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
He Zhou, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Michele York, PhD, ABPP-CN
Associate Professor; Section Head, Neuropsychology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
This symposium will discuss a new wearble telehealth platform which can determine dynamic changes in risk of falling, capture falls automatically, and determine physical activities prior to falls, and the evidence-based clinical approaches to reduce the risk of falls in older adults with cognitive impairments, and an innovation wearable sensor based exercise training providing safe cognitive-motor exercise with game features as well as real-time visual and audio feedbacks.