Biofeedback Assessment for Older People with Balance Impairment using a Low-cost Balance Board

Rueangsirarak, Worasak, Mekurai, Chayuti, Shum, Hubert P. H., Uttama, Surapong, Chaisricharoen, Roungsan and Kaewkaen, Kitchana (2017) Biofeedback Assessment for Older People with Balance Impairment using a Low-cost Balance Board. In: GWS 2017 - Global Wireless Summit, 15-18 October 2017, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Abstract

This paper studies the feasibility of using a low-cost game device called Wii Fit Balance Board® to measure the static balance of older people for diagnosing a balance impairment, which is caused by muscle weakness in stroke patients. Sixty participants were invited to attend the risk assessment that included a clinical test. Four biofeedback testing patterns were tested with the participants. Two machine learning algorithms were selected to experiment using 10-fold cross validation scenario. The results show that Artificial Neuron Network has the best evaluation performance of 86.67%, 80%, and 80% in three out of four biofeedback testing patterns. This demonstrates that the application of static balance measurement together with Wii Fit Balance Board® could be implemented as a tool to replace high-cost force plate systems.

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