Recognition of activities of daily living in healthy subjects using two ad-hoc classifiers.

Journal: Biomedical engineering online
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Activities of daily living (ADL) are important for quality of life. They are indicators of cognitive health status and their assessment is a measure of independence in everyday living. ADL are difficult to reliably assess using questionnaires due to self-reporting biases. Various sensor-based (wearable, in-home, intrusive) systems have been proposed to successfully recognize and quantify ADL without relying on self-reporting. New classifiers required to classify sensor data are on the rise. We propose two ad-hoc classifiers that are based only on non-intrusive sensor data.

Authors

  • Prabitha Urwyler
    Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. prabitha.urwyler@artorg.unibe.ch.
  • Luca Rampa
    University Hospital of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. luca.rampa@gef.be.ch.
  • Reto Stucki
    Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. reto.stucki@artorg.unibe.ch.
  • Marcel Büchler
    Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. marcel-buechler@bluewin.ch.
  • René Müri
    Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. rene.mueri@insel.ch.
  • Urs P Mosimann
    Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. urs.mosimann@gef.be.ch.
  • Tobias Nef
    Gerontechnology and Rehabilitation Group, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. tobias.nef@artorg.unibe.ch.