Toward Automating Clinical Assessments: A Survey of the Timed Up and Go

Gina Sprint; Diane J Cook; Douglas L Weeks

doi:10.1109/RBME.2015.2390646

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Toward Automating Clinical Assessments: A Survey of the Timed Up and Go

Gina Sprint, Diane J Cook and Douglas L Weeks

IEEE reviews in biomedical engineering, Vol.8, pp.64-77

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/RBME.2015.2390646

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102240

PMID: 25594979

Abstract

Legged locomotion

Performance evaluation

rehabilitation

clinical assessment

Telemedicine

Patient rehabilitation

Cameras

Wearable sensors

Smart phones

Accelerometry

gait analysis

timed up and go (TUG)

Older adults often suffer from functional impairments that affect their ability to perform everyday tasks. To detect the onset and changes in abilities, healthcare professionals administer standardized assessments. Recently, technology has been utilized to complement these clinical assessments to gain a more objective and detailed view of functionality. In the clinic and at home, technology is able to provide more information about patient performance and reduce subjectivity in outcome measures. The timed up and go (TUG) test is one such assessment recently instrumented with technology in several studies, yielding promising results toward the future of automating clinical assessments. Potential benefits of technological TUG implementations include additional performance parameters, generated reports, and the ability to be self-administered in the home. In this paper, we provide an overview of the TUG test and technologies utilized for TUG instrumentation. We then critically review the technological advancements and follow up with an evaluation of the benefits and limitations of each approach. Finally, we analyze the gaps in the implementations and discuss challenges for future research toward automated self-administered assessment in the home.

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Title: Toward Automating Clinical Assessments: A Survey of the Timed Up and Go
Creators: Gina Sprint - Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Diane J Cook - Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Douglas L Weeks - St. Luke's Rehabilitation Inst., Spokane, WA, USA
Publication Details: IEEE reviews in biomedical engineering, Vol.8, pp.64-77
Academic Unit: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of
Publisher: IEEE
Grant note: 0900781 / National Science Foundation (10.13039/100000001)
Identifiers: 99900546656801842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Toward Automating Clinical Assessments: A Survey of the Timed Up and Go

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