Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g. MS, Parkinson's disease)

Technology (e.g. robotics, assistive technology, mHealth)

Geriatric Rehabilitation

Symposium

(639470) How to Prevent Older Adults from Falling? Effectiveness of Technological Innovations and Clinical Approaches

Presenter(s)

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  Changhong Wang, PhD

  Postdoc Fellow
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, Texas

Non-presenting author(s)

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  Bijan Najafi, PhD

  Professor
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, Texas

Presenter(s)

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  Melike Kahya, PT, MS

  Graduate Student
  University of Kansas Medical Center
  Kansas City
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  He Zhou, PhD

  Postdoctoral Associate
  Baylor College of Medicine
  Houston, Texas

Moderator(s)

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  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.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe wearable technology and its promises to remotely monitor risk of falling, frailty, cognitive decline, activity behavior, and falls
• Recognize promises of game-based therapy to reduce risk of falling among older adults
• Discuss the evidence-based clinical approaches to prevent falls in older adults with cognitive impairment