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Aging populations present a new set of health challenges. In particular the need to provide evermore healthcare with relatively fewer resources is becoming an increasing issue. This particular problem is highly suited to a technological approach and in this paper we present the USEFIL project and examine how wearable devices can be used to enhance independent living for older people. We present the work that has been undertaken to date on the development of a wrist wearable unit that can capture the user’s physical activity. Initial steps in the processing of this accelerometry data to determine a score for the user’s level of physical activity in one minute increments are described and the results from this processing are shown.
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Amor, J.D., Ahanathapillai, V., James, C.J. (2014). Detecting and Analyzing Activity Levels for the Wrist Wearable Unit in the USEFIL Project. In: Roa Romero, L. (eds) XIII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2013. IFMBE Proceedings, vol 41. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00846-2_297
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