VISITING SCHOLAR LECTURE Promoting older adults’ uptake and adherence to community exercise programs and evidence based strength and balance programs for falls prevention Dr. Helen Hawley-Hague will discuss how characteristics of exercise instructors, the group and individuals influence adherence to exercise classes for older people. She will also explore how evidence based strength and balance […]
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Farseeing members publish new scoping review of exergames
Farseeing members have published a scoping review of usability and acceptability of balance exergames in older adults. Follow this link for access to the full paper: http://doi.org/10.1177/1460458215598638 Read the abstract Below Authors: Ather Nawaz, Nina Skjæret, Jorunn Lægdheim Helbostad, Beatrix Vereijken, Elisabeth Boulton, and Dag Svanaes Abstract: Serious games (exergames) have the potential to be effective for postural […]
Dr Alan Bourke presents FARSEEING work at the 4th International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM)
Dr Alan Bourke presented a FARSEEING poster about fall detection algorithms at the 4th International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM). Dr Sabato Mellone also presented: “Association between Smartphone-based long- term Monitoring Outcomes and Traditional Clinical Assessment Tools in Community-Dwelling Older People.” and “Can do vs actually does: investigating the association between […]
FARSEEING receive an ‘excellent’ rating for the project at the final review meeting
The FARSEEING project received an excellent rating by the EC at the final review meeting on the 20th May, 2015. Although the funding for the project has now come to an end, our products and results from the project are still available. Please see our newsletter for further information! We will be attending a range of conferences […]
