TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Do sensor-based interventions differ from traditional physical therapies in improving older adults' balance?
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Mao, Qian
A1  - Yu, Lisha
A1  - Zhang, Jiaxin
A1  - Yang, Fan
A1  - Wang, Hailiang
SP  - 7
EP  - 13
VL  - 67
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/21695067231192520
ID  - ref1
ER  -