SMILING
Self mobility improvement in the elderly by counteracting falls
| Coordinatore | ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RIPOSO E CURA PER ANZIANI V.E. II
Organization address
address: VIA SANTA MARGHERITA 5 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.smilingproject.eu/ |
| Totale costo | 2˙868˙050 € |
| EC contributo | 2˙250˙000 € |
| Programma | FP7-ICT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies |
| Funding Scheme | CP |
| Anno di inizio | 2008 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2008-01-01 - 2010-06-30 |
Partecipanti
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RIPOSO E CURA PER ANZIANI V.E. II
Organization address
address: VIA SANTA MARGHERITA 5 contact info |
IT (ANCONA) | coordinator | 0.00 |
| 2 |
AB.ACUS SRL
Organization address
address: VIA DOMODOSSOLA 7 contact info |
IT (MILANO) | participant | 0.00 |
| 3 |
ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA
Organization address
address: Via Zamboni 33 contact info |
IT (BOLOGNA) | participant | 0.00 |
| 4 | ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE | CH | participant | 0.00 |
| 5 |
HOSPICES CANTONAUX - CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE VAUDOIS
Organization address
address: RUE DU BUGNON 21 contact info |
CH (LAUSANNE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 6 |
MERCAZ MISHAN LTD
Organization address
address: ARLOZOROV STREET 33 contact info |
IL (TEL AVIV) | participant | 0.00 |
| 7 |
STEP OF MIND LTD
Organization address
address: HASAYFAN STREET 42 contact info |
IL (RAMAT-HASHARON) | participant | 0.00 |
| 8 |
STICHTING IMEC NEDERLAND
Organization address
address: HIGH TECH CAMPUS 42 contact info |
NL (EINDHOVEN) | participant | 0.00 |
| 9 |
TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V KOSICIACH
Organization address
address: LETNA 9 contact info |
SK (KOSICE) | participant | 0.00 |
| 10 |
UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE
Organization address
address: RICHMOND STREET 16 contact info |
UK (GLASGOW) | participant | 0.00 |
| 11 |
VYSOKOSPECIALIZOVANY ODBORNY USTAV GERIATRICKY SV. LUKASA V KOSICIACH N.O.
Organization address
address: STROJARENSKA 13 contact info |
SK (KOSICE) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
Mobility means freedom, flexibility and autonomy for all citizens, including older persons. Aging is characterized by functional changes in the sensory, neurological and musculoskeletal systems, affecting motor tasks including gait and postural balance. Gait and balance disturbances in elderly are the main risk factor for falling. The SMILING project is planning to diminish age related impairments by interfering with mobility disability and improving carry-over into real life situations. Research undertaken in USA and Israel has shown strong indications that the vicious circle of muscle weakness and time delay of the Central Nervous System (CNS) that causes gait and balance impairment could be weakened by applying unexpected external motion perturbations.
Elderly at risk of falling can be considered to be suffering from an involuntary and stereotyped motor behaviour that restricts their participation in society. One method to overcome such a situation is to break the stereotyped motion schema and activate a new learning process to better approach real life tasks. To pursue such a target, the SMILING project will use chaos theory and dynamic systems theory with applications in the training of the ageing populations.
The SMILING solution, a wearable non-invasive computer-controlled system, is aimed to perform chaotic perturbations to lower extremities during active walking by small alterations of the height and slope of weight-bearing surfaces. SMILING will implement a systemic solution to re-model training sessions used prevalently in fitness clubs or home environments to facilitate and ameliorate walking schemas. It will not develop any assistive technology to cope with ageing related mobility limitations but will offer a reorganization of the rehabilitation process in ageing, through new training procedures and advanced technologies needed to deliver them.