2015 Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
* Assessing head and trunk symmetry during sleep using tri-axial accelerometers.
- Using two types of small, lightweight tri-axial accelerometers, we obtained evidence for the effectiveness of an approach for assessing head-trunk symmetrical or asymmetrical positions during sleep. First, we assessed the accuracy of our monitoring system in five healthy young adults (age range, 22-24 years). The participants wore acceleration monitors on the sternum and forehead; then spent 5 min in six different positions. Once accuracy was confirmed, we assessed head-trunk symmetry during night-time sleep in 10 healthy children (age range, 3-13 years) and 10 young adults (age range, 21-26 years) in their home environments. All participants wore the monitors during one night's sleep in their homes. After computing head-trunk positions using the orientation data obtained by the accelerometers, head and trunk symmetry were evaluated. The head and trunk positions were correctly detected: the positional data from the trunk had 99% agreement, and the data from the head had 96% agreement. Both the young adults and children were observed to spend time with the head-trunk in asymmetric positions; however, the subjects changed position frequently so the asymmetrical postures were mobile. We concluded that the proposed monitoring system is a reliable and valid approach for assessing head-trunk symmetry during sleep at home. Implications for Rehabilitation We propose a head and trunk symmetry monitoring system using accelerometers. The proposed system could accurately identify head and trunk position. Asymmetrical positioning was seen in healthy participants but it was not immobile.
=>制度組織体系的方式, システム, 組織, 整然とした手順, (思想などの)体系, 体制
Overview of noun system
The noun system has 9 senses (first 8 from tagged texts)
1. (43) system -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work
as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small
computer")
2. (23) system, scheme -- (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified
whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going")
3. (14) system -- ((physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases
are in equilibrium; "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system
generating hydrogen peroxide")
4. (10) system, system of rules -- (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to
operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender")
5. (8) arrangement, organization, organisation, system -- (an organized structure for arranging or
classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the
organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification")
6. (7) system -- (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has
a system of organs for digestion")
7. (6) system -- (a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system
that did not depend on cooperation")
8. (1) system -- (the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a
unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system")
9. organization, organisation, system -- (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being
methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't
do it unless we establish some system around here")
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