Long-term telemonitoring of mobility trends of elderly people using SMS messaging

Cliodhna Ni Scanaill; Brian Ahearne; Gerard M. Lyons

doi:10.1109/TITB.2005.859890

Long-term telemonitoring of mobility trends of elderly people using SMS messaging

Cliodhna Ni Scanaill, Brian Ahearne, Gerard M. Lyons

University of Limerick

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Abstract

A telemonitoring system, based on short message service (SMS), has been developed to remotely monitor the long-term mobility levels of elderly people in their natural environment. Mobility is measured by an accelerometer-based portable unit, worn by each monitored subject. Mobility level summaries are transmitted hourly, as an SMS message, directly from the portable unit to a remote server for long-term analysis. Each subject's mobility levels are monitored using custom-designed mobility alert software, and the appropriate medical personnel are alerted by SMS if the subject's mobility levels decrease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	412-413
Number of pages	2
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TITB.2005.859890
Publication status	Published - Apr 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Accelerometers
Global system for mobile communications (GSM)
Mobility
Short message service (SMS)
Telemonitoring

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