@article{ref1,
title="Iphone accelerometry provides a sensitive in-home assessment of age-related changes in standing balance",
journal="Journal of aging and physical activity",
year="2022",
author="Coker, Elizabeth and Lubetzky, Anat V.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Remote health monitoring has become increasingly important, especially in aging populations. We aimed to identify tasks that are sensitive to age-related changes in balance during fully remote, at-home balance assessment. Participants were 12 healthy young adults (mean age = 26.08 years, range: 18-33) and 12 healthy older adults (mean age = 67.33 years, range: 60-75). Participants performed standing tasks monitored via video conference while their balance was quantified using a custom iPhone application measuring mediolateral center of mass acceleration. We included three stances (feet together, tandem, and single leg) with eyes open or closed, with or without a concurrent cognitive task. Older adults demonstrated significantly more variable center of mass accelerations in tandem (p =.04, ηp2=.25) and significantly higher (p <.01, ηp2=.45) and more variable (p <.01, ηp2=.44) center of mass accelerations in single leg compared with young adults. We also observed that as task challenge increased, balance dual-task cost diminished for older, but not young, adults.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1063-8652",
doi="10.1123/japa.2022-0214",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/japa.2022-0214"
}