The main goal of WIISEL is to develop an insole for elderly, placed in the shoe, monitoring the way of walking. The system is expected to detect changes in gait and balance in daily elderly environment in order to prevent the risk of falls. Moreover, the system will provide security to the elderly directly affecting their quality of life.
Thanks to a wireless system and chips built into the insole, the data captured by the movement of the foot are sent to a mobile device or computer, so that the doctor, caregiver or nurse, can follow the evolution of the patient, to know if he follows correctly the rehabilitation or if he returns into bad habits that increase the risk of falling. If this occurs, an alert is sent immediately to the responsible caregiver.
- Contact person: Fanny Breuil, [email protected]
