Rehabilitation for the Elderly

Serious Gaming Based Tele-Rehabilitation
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-0-12-819902-2
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Rehabilitation for the Elderly: Serious Gaming Based Telerehabilitation offers guidance on developing action plans, standards and specifications. It particularly focuses on fall prevention and tele-rehabilitation. This book will be of interest to anyone designing technology or developing rehabilitation plans to mitigate the aging process (biomedical engineers, biomechanists, serious gaming professionals, electronic engineers, physiotherapists). This book addresses the diverse challenges our aging society is facing and how new technologies and approaches can help us decrease financial and social considerations and improve quality of care.

The contributors to the book are from the academic, industry and even engineering sectors, allowing an interdisciplinary and customer centric approach that reflects the way rehabilitation treatment is done.

Zielgruppe

Academics working in the fields of biomechanics, rehabilitation, ergonomics, serious gaming for healthcare, e-health infrastructures, homecare services.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Houel, Nicolas

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction2. The ageing process3. Rehabilitation for the elderly, a complex process4. The gamification of the rehabilitation for the elderly5. Serious gaming and tele-rehabilitation in the elderly community6. Serious games and rehabilitation for the elderly community, a survey

Über Autor(innen)

Houel, Nicolas
He is an assistant professor at University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne. He holds a PhD from the Ecole Doctoral des Sciences pour l'Ingénieur et l'Aeronautique of the University of Poitiers and has worked for several sport and health structures. These include The French National Swimming Federation and Ecole Supérieure d'Ostéopathi. He is a specialist in biomechanics, focusing on approaches to evaluate performance in human motion and health. He has expertise on motion analysis and modelling. He has participated in health projects such as postural balance in the elderly with non-chronic low back pain, the effect of lyme and multiple sclerosis diseases on human walking and autonomy, and frailty. He also works as an independent reviewer for various scientific journals.