ICT&health December 25, 2025
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed an innovative wearable that uses AI to recognise early signs of vulnerability in elderly people. The technology, developed in the Gutruf Lab, marks an important step towards preventive elderly care and can help prevent falls, hospital admissions and loss of function.
‘The current care model is mainly reactive,’ says Philipp Gutruf, associate professor of biomedical engineering and senior author of the study. ‘We often only assess frailty after a fall or hospitalisation. With this technology, we want to shift that approach towards prevention.’ The results of the study have been published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
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