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Demographically, the general tendency is the aging of population. The number of individuals over 65 years old increases, to the detriment of 15–24 years old people, and has relatively close values with 50–64 years old people. The purpose of this study is to highlight the importance of autonomy and independence in movement, and also the possibility to increase the quality of life for over 65 years'...
Elective prosthetic hip and knee surgery is the definitive treatment for pain and disability caused by hip and knee arthritis. Both conditions are a continuous process of increasing prevalence in countries of the developed world, because of improvements in surgical techniques and because of aging. These increases have resulted in an increase in health expenditure, but the waiting list for the interventions...
Supporting ageing in place and staying at home, delaying institutionalization, lightening the caregivers' burden, improving the elderly quality of life are as many expectations that TeleHealthCare aims at coming up to. This paper proposes a method for Telemonitoring to detect abnormal changes in behavior which may lead to an early entrance in dependency. This method allows to detect and quantify a...
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