Validity and usability of a smart ball–driven serious game to monitor grip strength in independent elderlies

@article{Lunardini2020ValidityAU,
  title={Validity and usability of a smart ball–driven serious game to monitor grip strength in independent elderlies},
  author={Francesca Lunardini and Nunzio Alberto Borghese and Luca Piccini and Giuseppina Bernardelli and Matteo Cesari and Simona Ferrante},
  journal={Health Informatics Journal},
  year={2020},
  volume={26},
  pages={1952 - 1968}
}
Telemonitoring is one of the most expedient answers to the strong need for preventive care imposed by the rapidly aging society. We propose an innovative solution to the detection of early signs of frailty by presenting a serious game controlled by a smart sensorized soft plastic ball, designed to achieve continuous home-based monitoring of muscle weakness in older adults. Design, development, and testing of the smart ball and of the game interface devised to guide the monitoring procedure are… 
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