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SmartWalk BAN: Using Body Area Networks to Encourage Older Adults to Perform Physical Activity

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datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Eletrotécnica, Eletrónica e Informática
datacite.subject.fosCiências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Outras Engenharias e Tecnologias
datacite.subject.sdg03:Saúde de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas
datacite.subject.sdg10:Reduzir as Desigualdades
dc.contributor.authorBastos, David
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, José
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues. Mário
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Anabela G.
dc.contributor.authorQueirós, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorFernández-Caballero, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorRocha, Nelson Pacheco
dc.contributor.authorPereira, António
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-26T11:04:42Z
dc.date.available2026-05-26T11:04:42Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-31
dc.description.abstractDue to the demographic ageing of the world’s population and the respective consequences, it is necessary to guarantee that older adults can be active and maintain their independence and autonomy for longer. The aim of the SmartWalk system is to promote walks in the city in order to stimulate physically active lifestyles. Body area networks are used to aggregate data collected by different type of sensors, which are transmitted to a server to support informed decisions of caregivers when planning physical activities for their care receivers. This article presents the SmartWalk system and reports an experimental setup that was developed to assess the performance of the current implementation and the respective critical components. According to the results, the SmartWalk system presents good performance in terms of battery usage, data upload, capacity to recover from connectivity failures and wireless coverage of its body area network.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipResearch funded by CENTRO-01-0145-FEDER-024293. Project Smart-Walk: Smart Cities for Active Seniors lead by ESTGA/ESSUA/ISCA—University of Aveiro, by ESTG—Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, by ESE—Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, by Águeda Municipality, and by Globaltronic S.A. This work was partially financed by national funds through FITEC—Programa Interface, with reference CIT “INOV-INESC Inovação-Financiamento Base” and by FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., in the scope of the projects UID/CEC/04524/2020 and UID/CEC/00127/2020.
dc.identifier.citationBastos, D.; Ribeiro, J.; Silva, F.; Rodrigues, M.; Silva, A.G.; Queirós, A.; Fernández-Caballero, A.; Rocha, N.P.; Pereira, A. SmartWalk BAN: Using Body Area Networks to Encourage Older Adults to Perform Physical Activity. Electronics 2021, 10, 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10010056.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/electronics10010056
dc.identifier.eissn2079-9292
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/16351
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/10/1/56
dc.relation.ispartofElectronics
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectolder adults
dc.subjectambient assisted living
dc.subjectphysical activity
dc.subjectbody area network
dc.titleSmartWalk BAN: Using Body Area Networks to Encourage Older Adults to Perform Physical Activityeng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleElectronics (Switzerland)
oaire.citation.volume10
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