RT Journal Article
T1 NITRO: a gadget to transform standard rollators into smart rollators for monitoring user conditions.
A1 Ballesteros-Gómez, Joaquín
A1 Fernández-Carmona, Manuel
A1 Urdiales-García, Amalia Cristina
K1 Ortopedia - Innovaciones tecnológicas
AB The goal of using a rollator is to provide physical stability, support, and increase independence while walking or performing daily activities. The decision to use a rollator is often made in consultation with healthcare professionals, who assess the individual’s mobility limitations and recommend the appropriate assistive device. Rollators can be made “smart” via the inclusion of sensors and actuators, so that they can monitor user condition. This allows caregivers or family members to remotely monitor the user’s condition, track their activities, and receive alerts or notifications if any issues arise. That is particularly important in care home facilities, where the ratio of users per caregiver is high. This work presents the design and initial test of NITRO, a gadget that turNs a rollator Into a smarT ROllator to monitor the user’s gait and routines in care home facilities. Two main requirements have been imposed by the caregivers: first, the gadget should be attached (and detached) to any standard rollator frame (four-wheels, three-wheels, two rear wheels), so users can continue using their rollators: and seconds, it can monitor at any time and anywhere while they use their rollators.
YR 2023
FD 2023-11-26
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28494
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/28494
LA eng
NO Política de acceso abierto http://biblioteca.cchs.csic.es/registro_buscareditoriales.php?id=828
NO This work is partially funded by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Ref: SAVIA RTI2018- 096701-B-C21, Ref: IRIS PID2021-122812OB-I00 (co-financed by FEDER funds)), Ref: CAMPERO TED2021-131739B-C21, by the project UMA-CEIATECH23-2020 from Plan Propio de Investigación of the University of Málaga and Horizon 2020 Ref: H2020-101017109 (DAEMON). The authors would like to thank to Macrosad Arroyo de La Miel carehome for their support on defining the design requirements.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026