Assessing the capabilities of the HTC Vive as a tool to assess the risk of falling in older people

• Published in: SeGAH ... IEEE ... International Conference on Serious Games and Applications for Health (Online) pp. 1 - 6
• Main Authors: Garcia, Jaime A., Tenorio, Juan Felipe
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 10.08.2022
• Subjects: clinical assessment; falls prevention; gamification; Reliability; Risk management; Serious games; Sociology; Statistical analysis; Technical management; Time measurement; virtual reality

Falls affect 1 in 3 seniors every year. This can lead to traumatic brain injuries, fractures, and even death. Being able to identify those at risk is imperative. In the past few years, game technologies such as the Xbox Kinect, Nintendo Wii, Dance Mats, among others, have shown to be very effective...