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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2015
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Bijan Najafi, Tucson, AZ (US);
Saman Parvaneh, Tucson, AZ (US);
Martha Jane Mohler, Tucson, AZ (US);
David G. Armstrong, Tucson, AZ (US);
Mindy Joy Fain, Tucson, AZ (US);
Marvin J. Slepian, Tucson, AZ (US);
THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, Tucson, AZ (US);
Abstract
Methods, devices, and systems according to present principles provide ways to diagnose frailty and assess the severity of its clinical status—e.g., non-frail, pre-frail, and frail, especially as measured and quantified during activities of daily living. Systems and methods according to present principles objectively quantify physical activity behaviors and identify specific motor tasks, which indicate clinical frailty syndrome behaviors such as flopping, cautious-sitting, non-uniform walking fluctuations, cognitive decline, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion. Additionally, the systems and methods allow improved sensitivity and specificity of frailty identification by further assessing physiological parameters such as heart rate, respiration rate, and skin temperature in response to, or recovery from, specific activities.