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Table 4 Features of Balance Analyses

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

 

Studies/parameters used to assess balance

Device

Clinical Test

Frailty Classification

Purpose

1

A. Chkeir et al. [10, 34] Rise Rate, Average Velocity of Trajectory Obtained From Reaction Force and CoP Trajectories

Balance Quality Testers (Bathroom Scales)

None

Frail and Non-Frail

Established the Relationship Among the Balance Parameter with the Fried Phenotype

2

Chang et al. [21] Balance

ePad and eReach

None

Pre-frail and Non-frail

Developed Frailty Model Using Artificial Neural Network.

3

A. Martinez-Ramirez et al. [69] Sway Area, Signal Patterns

Tri-Axial Inertial Sensor Unit

Quiet Standing Balance Test

Yes Pre-Classified According to the Fried phenotype

High Frequency Components Associated With Frailty Syndrome

4

G.M. Bertolotti et al. [35] Body Sway and Trunk Kinematics Data

Customized Inertial Sensor Unit (Gyro, and, Accelerometer)

Selected Tasks Performed from Tinetti Tests, Balance Evaluation Systems Test and Berg Balance

None

Validating the Use of Newly Developed Unit Against Balance Board and Marker-Based System.

5

Z. Lv et al. [40] CoM

Kinect

Double Leg Stance, sttar excursion balance Test

None

Validating Kinect V2 for Balance Measurement

6

A. Nalci et al. [79] Variation in pixel events

Camera

UPST

None

Developed Vision Based Model To Assess Balance