title: A Robot-Based Tool for Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation of Elderly People Using Biofeedback.
abstract: This publication presents a complete description of a technological solution system for the physical and cognitive rehabilitation of elderly people through a biofeedback system, which is combined with a Lego robot. The technology used was the iOS's (iPhone Operating System) Objective-C programming language and its XCode programming environment; and SQLite in order to create the database. The biofeedback system is implemented by the use of two biosensors which are, in fact, a Microsoft band 2 in order to register the user's heart rate and a MYO sensor to detect the user's arm movement. Finally, the system was tested with seven elderly people from La Santa y Real Casa de la Misericordia nursing home in Bilbao. The statistical assessment has shown that the users are satisfied with the usability of the system, with a mean score of 79.29 on the System Usability Scale (SUS) questionnaire.
authors.affiliation: eVida/DeustoTech-LIFE Lab., University of Deusto, Bilbao 48007, Spain. leire.lopez@opendeusto.es.
authors.forename: Leire
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lopez-Samaniego
authors.affiliation: eVida/DeustoTech-LIFE Lab., University of Deusto, Bilbao 48007, Spain. mbgarciazapi@deusto.es.
authors.forename: Begonya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Garcia-Zapirain
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D012371:Robotics
keywords: Bluetooth LE; biofeedback; sensors; serious games