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Zhicheng Shi, Lilian S. C. Pun-Cheng, Xintao Liu, Jianhui Lai, Chengzhuo Tong, Anshu Zhang, Min Zhang and Wenzhong Shi
Many cities around the world face the challenge of an aging population. A full understanding of the mobility behavior characteristics of the elderly is one necessary and urgent consideration as regards the current aging trend if sustainable urban develop...
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Bruno Aguiar, Rosário Macário
Pág. 4355 - 4369
This paper reflects the ageing process as a normal and universal transformation, their physical and cognitive limitations when faced with a mobility system that is not adapted to the reality of the elders and which facts must be considered in a possible ...
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Victoria Gitelman, Fany Pesahov, Roby Carmel, Sarit Chen
Pág. 2324 - 2333
Studies worldwide indicate that an active lifestyle, including mobility, is essential for the quality of life of the elderly. Given the decline in elderly people's ability to serve as vehicle drivers and their physical limitations for long walks or cycli...
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Hong Yang, Zehan Ruan, Wenshu Li, Huanjie Zhu, Jie Zhao and Jiandong Peng
This study used metro smart-card data from Wuhan, China, and explored the impact of the built environment on the metro ridership and station travel distance of elderly people using geographically weighted regression (GWR). First, our results show that el...
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Nik Nairan Abdullah,Mohd Shahril Ahmad Saman,Sabzali Musa Kahn,Waqar Al-Kubaisy
Pág. 55 - 61
Mobility disability affects the quality of life for the older urban population. The objectives of this research paper were to determine the burden of mobility disability and explore influential factors affecting the quality of life of urban community age...
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Nazia Ejaz, Saad Jawaid Khan, Fahad Azim, Mehwish Faiz, Emil Teu?an, Alin Ple?a, Alexandru Ianosi-Andreeva-Dimitrova and Sergiu-Dan Stan
Fragility fractures, caused by low-energy trauma, are a significant global health concern, with 158 million people aged 50 and over at risk. Hip fractures, a common issue in elderly patients, are often linked to underlying conditions such as osteoporosis...
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Xin Zhang, Jiehao Li, Zhenhuan Hu, Wen Qi, Longbin Zhang, Yingbai Hu, Hang Su, Giancarlo Ferrigno and Elena De Momi
A rollator is an integrated functional application used clinically to empower and assist natural human mobility for the elderly or disabled users. In this paper, an integrated system of four-wheeled rollator is designed by introducing a novel mechanical ...
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Woo Chul Choi and Kyu Soo Chong
With the increasing popularity of digital navigation systems and smartphones, the role of road signs during driving is gradually diminishing. However, owing to the inaccessibility of the technology to certain portions of the population, e.g., the elderly...
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Flora Strohmeier
Pág. 1134 - 1143
?Walking for the sake of walking and not for the sake of mobility? is a common motive of elderly pedestrians to maintain their level of activity and thereby independence. In order to improve the walkability of streets and urban spaces, and to design acce...
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Sindre Klavestad, Gebremariam Assres, Siri Fagernes and Tor-Morten Grønli
In recent years, the ultra-wideband (UWB) radar technology has shown great potential in monitoring activities of daily living (ADLs) for smart homes. In this paper, we investigate the significance of using non-wearable UWB sensors for developing non-intr...
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Yi Zhang, Wei Wu, Qian He, Chaoyang Li
Public transport brings significant benefits to the aging society by providing essential mobility to the elderly. However, few studies have investigated the factors that impact public transport use among the urban or rural elderly. This study explored th...
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Gonçalo Santinha, Catarina Costa and Sara Diogo
Aging populations pose a challenge to many policy areas. Although the importance of the built environment on citizens? mobility and quality of life has been widely acknowledged in the literature, research focusing on elderly people is relatively recent a...
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Shunyi Liao, Feng Gao, Lei Feng, Jiemin Wu, Zexia Wang and Wangyang Chen
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) causes a high mortality rate each year, which is a threat to human well-being and health. An automated external defibrillator (AED) is an effective device for heart attack-related diseases and is a panacea to save OH...
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Alexis L. McCreath Frangakis, Edward D. Lemaire and Natalie Baddour
The Timed Up and Go test (TUG) and L Test are functional mobility tests that allow healthcare providers to assess a person?s balance and fall risk. Segmenting these mobility tests into their respective subtasks, using sensors, can provide further and mor...
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Flemming Giesel, Claudia Nobis
Pág. 215 - 224
Carsharing, currently growing strongly in Germany, is an important instrument for sustainable urban mobility. The present boom is mainly due to so-called ?free-floating carsharing?. Whilst the environmental effects of station-based carsharing have been i...
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Eva Muñoz, Manuel Serrano, Manuel Vivó, Antonio Marqués, ... José Solaz
Pág. 4420 - 4429
SIMON is a demonstration project with three large scale pilots in Madrid, Lisbon and Parma aiming to use ICT services to promote the independent living and societal participation of mobility impaired people in the context of on-street public parking area...
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Wenjun Zou, Lei Wu, Yunrui Chang and Qiang Niu
Ride-hailing, a newly emerging mobility service that is popular worldwide, has become an efficient new mode of transportation. Nonetheless, the use and value of ride-hailing remain unclear for newly developed areas in the suburbs. We crawled through the ...
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Ru-Guan Wang, Pai-Yu Wu, Chang-Yuan Liu, Jia-Cheng Tan, Mei-Ling Chuang and Chien-Cheng Chou
As our society ages, more and more elderly or disabled people live in long-term care (LTC) facilities, which are vulnerable to fires and may result in heavy casualties. Because of the low mobility of LTC residents, firefighters often need to enter the fa...
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Zhicheng Shi, Xintao Liu, Jianhui Lai, Chengzhuo Tong, Anshu Zhang and Wenzhong Shi
In this era of population aging, it is essential to understand the spatial distribution patterns of the elderly. Based on the smart card data of the elderly, this study aims to detect the home location and examine the spatial distribution patterns of the...
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Edorta Iraegui, Gabriela Augusto and Pedro Cabral
Accessibility of urban residents to different services and amenities is a growing concern for policy makers. Urban green spaces (UGS) provide services and benefits that are particularly important for people having less mobility, such as children, the eld...
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