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Table 2 Overview of the studies conducted using Sensor Technology

From: Assessment of frailty: a survey of quantitative and clinical methods

 

Author

Frailty Prameters

Data Analyses

Sensor

Frailty Model

Comparing Clinical Instrument

1

M.A Brodie et al. [27]

Stair Ascent (ADL)

Cohen’s Kappa, Four Fold Cross Validation

Pendant Device (Barometer +Accelerometer)

None

 

2

J. Bellmunt et al. [28]

ADL + Physical + Social

Bland-Altman Analysis Rule-Based Approach

Raspberry Pi, Industrial Sensor

None

 

3

D.J. Hewson et al.[11]

Fried Phenotype

None

Tri-Axial Accelerometer In Smart Phone, Bathroom Scale, Grip Ball

Fried Phenotype

None

4

E. Gianaria et al. [19]

Gait Patterns + Posture Index

Pearson Coefficient

Kinect

None

TFI

5

R. Jaber et al. [33]

Fried Phenotype

None

Modified Bathroom Scale, Grip Ball, Doppler Sensor

Fried Phenotype

None

6

A. Chkeir et al. [10, 34]

Balance + Fried Phenotype

Kolmogorove-Smirnov Test, Mann Whitney U Test

Balance Quality Tester, Dynamometer

Fried Phenotype

None

7

R. Ganea et al. [55]

Posture Kinematics

Nonparametric Statistical Analysis (Wilcoxon Matched Pair)

Inertial Sensor (Two Accelerometers + Gyroscope)

None

Tinette Test

8

A.G. Mercant et al. [57]

Trunk Kinematics

Nonparametric Statistical Analysis (Mann-Whitney) and Cohen’s D

IPhone 4 (Accelerometer + Gyroscope)

None

Fried Phenotype

9

A. Martinez-Ramirez et al. [42]

Gait Parameters

ANOVA,

Tri-Axial Inertial Orientation Tracker

None

Modified Fried Phenotype

10

W. Zhang et al. [30]

ADL (Chair Rise Peak Power)

Spearman Correlation And Pearson Correlation

Pendant Sensor

None

GFI

11

A.Martinez-Ramirez et al. [36]

Balance Test

Continuous Wavelet Transforms, PCA

Tri-Axial Inertial Magnetic Sensor

None

Fried Phenotype

12

B.R. Greene et al. [63]

Balance and Mobility (TUG, five times Si-St and Quiet Standing Test)

ANOVA, support vector machine Classifier

Inertial Sensor (Tri-Axial Accelerometer + Tri-axial Gyroscope)

None

Fried Phenotype

13

Y.C. Chang et al. [21]

Weakness, weight, Slowness and Reaction Time, Functional Reach Strength, Reaction Time Balance

Neural Networks, Sensitivity and Specificity

E-Pad(Membrane Sensor), E-scale(LED + Wireless Unit), E-chair (Pressure Sensor + wireless Unit), E-Reach (Ultrasonic Distance Sensor),

Fried Phenotype

none

14

M. Schwenk et al. [51]

Gait, Balance and Physical Activity

Multimodal Logistic Regression

Inertial Sensor

Fried Phenotype

 

15

N. Millor et al. [59]

Range of Movement, Acceleration and Power from 30s Chair Stand Test and Gait Speed from 3m Walking

Decision Tree, ANOVA

Inertial Sensor

None

Fried Phenotype

16

N.N.Toosizadeh et al. [31]

Elbow Flexion, and Extension (ADL)

Statistical Analysis

Inertial Sensor

 

Fried Phenotype