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With increasing life expectancy and declining fertility, the ageing population continues to increase worldwide while the population of younger people decreases [1]. The change in the demographic structure would bring greater pressure on long-term health services with increasing population of people who need healthcare and decreasing population of people who can be part of the work force. It is expected that the proportion of people aged above 60 years old would reach 19% by 2050 [2], and there would be a growing proportion of individuals who suffer from disabilities due to illnesses related to ageing. Therefore, there is increasing demand for Assistive Technology (AT) devices and Rehabilitation Engineering (RE) applications and researches in AT and RE have received more attention.

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