iCap: Instrumented assessment of physical capability

Highlights • Instrumented testing of five physical capability tasks with a single accelerometer. • Evaluated on a large cohort of older adults. • iCap provides robust quantitative data about physical capability. • iCap captures gait and postural control data known as sensitive to ageing/pathology. •...

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Published inMaturitas Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 116 - 122
Main Authors Godfrey, A, Lara, J, Del Din, S, Hickey, A, Munro, C.A, Wiuff, C, Chowdhury, S.A, Mathers, J.C, Rochester, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.09.2015
Elsevier/North Holland Biomedical Press
Subjects
Accelerometer
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Endurance
Female
Gait - physiology
Gait speed
Humans
Internal Medicine
Lower limb strength
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Physiologic - methods
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Pilot Projects
Postural Balance - physiology
Standing balance
TUG
Accelerometer
Gait speed
Endurance
Lower limb strength
Standing balance
TUG
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Summary:Highlights • Instrumented testing of five physical capability tasks with a single accelerometer. • Evaluated on a large cohort of older adults. • iCap provides robust quantitative data about physical capability. • iCap captures gait and postural control data known as sensitive to ageing/pathology. • Methodology may have practical utility in a wide range of surveys and studies.
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ISSN:0378-5122
1873-4111
DOI:10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.04.003