@article{ref1,
title="Do sensor-based interventions differ from traditional physical therapies in improving older adults' balance?",
journal="Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting",
year="2023",
author="Mao, Qian and Yu, Lisha and Zhang, Jiaxin and Yang, Fan and Wang, Hailiang",
volume="67",
number="1",
pages="7-13",
abstract="Interventions using sensor technologies have the potential to facilitate balance improvement in clinical practice and, to some extent, are recommended as an alternative to traditional physical therapies. However, whether sensor-based technologies differ from traditional physical therapies in improving older adults' balance remains unclear. Our systematic review identified 25 randomized controlled trials for the meta-analysis. The findings showed that sensor-based interventions performed better than traditional physical therapies in improving balance performance (mean difference = -0.448s, p < 0.001). In subgroup analyses by dividing sensors into three categories (i.e., optical, perception, and wearable sensors), interventions using optical sensors were more effective than traditional physical therapies (mean difference = -0.681s, p < 0.001); while no significant differences were found for the interventions using perception sensors (mean difference = -0.226 s, p =0.106) and wearable sensors (mean difference = -0.490s, p < 0.328) as compared to traditional physical therapies.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2169-5067",
doi="10.1177/21695067231192520",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21695067231192520"
}