JMU JMIR Mhealth Uhealth JMIR mHealth and uHealth 2291-5222 JMIR Publications Inc. Toronto, Canada v1i2e21 25098977 10.2196/mhealth.2710 Original Paper Original Paper Differences in Trunk Accelerometry Between Frail and Nonfrail Elderly Persons in Sit-to-Stand and Stand-to-Sit Transitions Based on a Mobile Inertial Sensor Eysenbach Gunther Garcia-Romero Jeronimo Izquierdo Mikel Diezma Jesus Galán-Mercant Alejandro PT, PhD 1 Cuesta-Vargas Antonio I PT, PhD 1
Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy University of Malaga Av. Martiricos s/n 29009 Malaga Malaga, Spain 34 0034667455544 34 0034952051349 acuesta@uma.es
2 1 Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy University of Malaga Malaga Spain 2 School of Clinical Sciences Faculty of Health Queensland University of Technology Brisbane Australia Corresponding Author: Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas acuesta@uma.es Jul-Dec 2013 16 08 2013 1 2 e21 13 05 2013 22 05 2013 09 07 2013 30 07 2013 ©Alejandro Galán-Mercant, Antonio I Cuesta-Vargas. Originally published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth (http://mhealth.jmir.org), 16.08.2013. 2013

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 Background

Clinical frailty syndrome is a common geriatric syndrome, which is characterized by physiological reserve decreases and increased vulnerability. The changes associated to ageing and frailties are associated to changes in gait characteristics and the basic functional capacities. Traditional clinical evaluation of Sit-to-Stand (Si-St) and Stand-to-Sit (St-Si) transition is based on visual observation of joint angle motion to describe alterations in coordination and movement pattern. The latest generation smartphones often include inertial sensors with subunits such as accelerometers and gyroscopes, which can detect acceleration.

 Objective

Firstly, to describe the variability of the accelerations, angular velocity, and displacement of the trunk during the Sit-to-Stand and Stand-to-Sit transitions in two groups of frail and physically active elderly persons, through instrumentation with the iPhone 4 smartphone. Secondly, we want to analyze the differences between the two study groups.

 Methods

A cross-sectional study that involved 30 subjects over 65 years, 14 frail and 16 fit subjects. The participants were classified with frail syndrome by the Fried criteria. Linear acceleration was measured along three orthogonal axes using the iPhone 4 accelerometer. Each subject performed up to three successive Si-St and St-Si postural transitions using a standard chair with armrest.

 Results

Significant differences were found between the two groups of frail and fit elderly persons in the accelerometry and angular displacement variables obtained in the kinematic readings of the trunk during both transitions.

 Conclusions

The inertial sensor fitted in the iPhone 4 is able to study and analyze the kinematics of the Si-St and St-Si transitions in frail and physically active elderly persons. The accelerometry values for the frail elderly are lower than for the physically active elderly, while variability in the readings for the frail elderly is also lower than for the control group.

 frail syndrome sit-to-stand stand-to-sit mobile phone inertial sensor Introduction

Clinical frailty syndrome is a common geriatric syndrome which is characterized by physiological reserve decreases and increased vulnerability and which may, in the event of unexpected intercurrent processes, result in falls, hospitalization, institutionalization, or even death [1]. Detection and diagnosis of frailty depend on the following domains. Medical: Presence of chronic diseases, gait disturbance, sensory deficit, recurrent falls and hospitalization, and polypharmacy. Functional: Dependence in basic activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living. Socioeconomic: Living alone, recent widowhood aged over 80 years, and low income. Cognitive and affective criteria: Depression and cognitive impairment. Need for institutionalization: Live in retirement homes and nursing homes [2].

A previous study in the frailty detection [2] concludes that it is necessary to make a multimodal correct assessment of the whole clinical record. In this sense, this study established a set of clinical parameters from the laboratory report belonging to the patient record. Different groups of clinical factors had been identified: nutritional assessment, cognitive assessment, etc. The present study is focused only in the physical function. It however seems particularly worthwhile to measure mobility and balance (physical function) as a means of knowing whether acutely ill older people who are frail are recovering from their illness or becoming more ill [3-6].

The changes associated to ageing and frailties are associated to changes in gait characteristics and the basic functional capacities of the individual [7]. This variability in different movement patterns has been interpreted as a more conservative gait pattern in order to increase gait stability and reduce the risk of falls [8]. The new, more conservative gait pattern has greater cognitive involvement and produces a result focused entirely on movement, while the perception of unexpected trigger factors may be overlooked [9]. Dual tasks have been shown to affect normal gait development even in healthy persons [10].

As people get older, the ability to rise from a chair, usually labeled as the sit-to-stand (Si-St) and stand-to-sit (St-Si) postural transition, becomes a more demanding functional daily task [11,12]. Traditional clinical evaluation of Si-St and St-Si transition is based on visual observation of joint angle motion to describe alterations in coordination and movement pattern [11,12]. However, the validity of such assessment essentially depends on clinicians’ experience and training. Results might not have the precision needed to objectively assess the effect of rehabilitative intervention or the decline over time in frail elderly persons [11-13]. Kinematics of the trunk appears essential to maintain balance during Si-St transition [11,12,14]. The dynamic body movements using body-worn inertial sensors have been investigated [11,12,15-19].

A previous study concludes that inertial sensors can offer an accurate and reliable method to study human motion [20]. Algorithms for characterizing the gait of pedestrian using accelerometer and gyroscope signals recorded in a handheld device have been developed and presented in previous studies. This study concluded that the pattern recognition open new research options toward free-inertial tracking of pedestrian using handheld inertial sensors, which are already widely embedded in smartphones nowadays [21]. The latest generation smartphones often include inertial sensors with subunits such as accelerometers and gyroscopes that can detect acceleration and inclination [22]. The numerous applications developed for these smartphones mean the data from the accelerometer and the gyroscope can be read, stored, transferred, and displayed [23,24]. These applications evaluate and assess kinematic variables related to gait [25], measuring Cobb angles in x-rays, or as an objective method to classify levels of physical activity, and an indicator of the degree of functional capacity and quality of life [22,26].

There are two goals in the present study. First to describe the variability of the accelerations, angular velocity, and displacement of the trunk during the Si-St and St-Si transitions in two groups of frail and physically active elderly persons, through instrumentation with the iPhone 4 smartphone; and second, to analyze the differences and performance of the variance between the study groups (frail and healthy).

 Methods Design and Participants

A cross-sectional study that involved 30 subjects over 65 years, 14 frail and 16 fit subjects. The participants were classified with frail syndrome by the Fried criteria (unintentional weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, weakness, slow walking speed, and low physical activity) [1]. Exclusion criteria were no history of pain in the last twelve months, previous surgery, presence of a tumor, and musculoskeletal disorders in the upper or lower extremity. Patients with impaired cognition, musculoskeletal back comorbidities, and problems associated with exercise intolerance were also excluded. A physiotherapist clinically examined all participants, and none of them have the exclusion criteria. Table 1 shows the characteristics of the sample.

Fit participants were recruited through advertisements in the Sport and Health Center in Torremolinos, Spain. Frail participants were recruited through advertisements in the Geriatrics Centers in Torremolinos and Benalmadena, Spain. Written informed consent was obtained from each individual. The ethics committee of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Malaga, Spain approved the study.

 Data Collection and Procedures

Analysis was performed with SPSS version 15 for Windows while the data collection phase used inferential analysis between variables by type and normal. The nonparametric test Mann-Whitney [27] was used as determined by the variables normality of distribution. The statistical significance level was set at P<.05.

Characteristics of sample (N=30).

Mean Standard deviation
Frail (n=14) Fit (n=16) Frail (n=14) Fit (n=16)
Age (years) 83.71 70.25 6.37 3.32
Weight (kg)a 56.21 71.03 9.64 13.11
Height (cm)b 155.79 159.44 7.81 10.61
Body mass index (kg/m2)c 23.36 27.87 3.48 3.79

akg=kilograms

bcm=centimeters

cm=meters

 Results

Table 2 summarizes the acceleration-based measures of the Si-St and St-Si transitions in the two groups.

Table 3 summarizes the gyroscope-based measures of the Si-St and St-Si transitions in the two groups.

Acceleration-based values from the Si-St and St-Si transitions (N=30).

Mean Standard deviation
Frail (n=14) Fit (n=16) Frail (n=14) Fit (n=16) Ua P value
Si-St (m/s2)b,c
x d.acce.maxf 2.004 3.353 0.761 1.475 49.50 .009
x.acc.ming -1.443 -3.136 1.211 1.198 30.50 <.001
y h.acc.max 3.069 6.248 1.240 1.913 15.00 <.001
y.acc.min -1.471 -6.182 0.788 2.415 0.000 <.001
y.acc.mean 0.668 0.018 0.513 0.690 45.00 .005
RVi.acc.max 7.065 8.972 2.233 2.506 58.00 .025
RV.acc.mean 2.975 4.215 1.063 0.964 44.00 .005
St-Si (m/s2).
y.acc.max 3.567 6.200 2.028 1.752 26.50 <.001
y.acc.min -2.950 -9.003 2.441 4.334 14.00 <.001
z j.acc.max 5.830 3.834 2.170 2.682 62.00 .038
z.acc.min -3.770 -6.645 1.928 2.374 35.00 <.001
z.acc.mean 0.874 -1.611 1.672 1.701 36.00 .002
RV.acc.max 7.213 10.652 2.566 3.501 41.00 .003
RV.acc.min 0.364 0.808 0.255 0.479 38.00 .002
RV.acc.mean 3.188 4.263 0.708 1.048 45.00 .005

aU=U-Mann-Whitney

bm=meters

cs=second

d x=x-axis

eacc=acceleration

fmax=maximum

gmin=minimum

h y=y-axis

iRV=resultant vector

j z=z-axis

Gyroscope-based values from the Si-St and St-Si transitions (N=30).

Mean Standard deviation
Frail (n=14) Fit (n=16) Frail (n=14) Fit(n=16) Ua P value
Si-St
roll.rotation.maxb(deg)c 102.920 196.544 98.755 109.519 35.00 .001
roll.rotation.mean (deg) -24.754 83.837 58.165 150.560 61.00 .034
rated.yaw.mine(deg/s)f -47.813 -26.131 17.501 25.998 42.00 .004
rate.pitch.max (deg/s) 27.414 123.404 15.552 141.318 28.00 <.001
rate.roll.max (deg/s) 18.924 165.437 8.843 120.989 0.000 <.001
rate.roll.min (deg/s) -19.796 -62.597 10.956 39.321 56.00 .020
rate.roll.mean (deg/s) 0.459 49.993 1.289 82.129 59,00 .028
St-Si
roll.rotation.min (deg) -163.264 -61.157 38.955 108.358 60.00 .031
roll.rotation.mean (deg) -15.487 83.102 40.876 142.182 62.00 .038
rate.yaw.max (deg/s) 41.309 130.470 11.316 138.379 57.00 .022
rate.yaw.min (deg/s) -67.449 -37.077 21.053 30.776 49.00 .009
rate.roll.max (deg/s) 38.146 145.150 18.918 129.161 13.00 <.001
rate.roll.min (deg/s) -25.596 -70.275 16.433 50.714 58.00 .025

aU=U-Mann-Whitney

bmax=maximum

cdeg=degrees

drate=angular velocity

emin=minimum

fs=second

 Discussion Principal Results

The present study has described and examined the identification, analysis, and differentiation in the performance of kinematic variables using the inertial sensor fitted in the iPhone 4 during Si-St and St-Si transitions in healthy and frail elderly people. Significant differences were found between the groups of elderly people in the accelerometry and angular displacement variables obtained in the kinematic readings of the trunk during the both transitions.

The results obtained in this study show a series of weakness in the frail elderly population group. The most significant deficits found in the Si-St and St-Si transitions corresponded to accelerometry (see Table 2), with the frail elderly persons obtaining lower maximum and minimum accelerations than the physically active elderly persons in the y-axis during these transitions.

 Comparison With Prior Work

As far as we are aware, this is the first study that has used iPhone 4 technology to analyze and study the kinematics of healthy and frail persons aged over 65 years during the Si-St and St-Si transitions. Moreover, it is the first study that has shown the possibility of differentiating kinematic patterns in both transitions. The instrumented kinematic analysis of the Si-St and St-Si transitions was analyzed previously [11,15-19]. Moreover, in these studies no data were provided regarding magnitudes of acceleration and angular velocity obtained with a smartphone. By way of example, the results of the present study obtained in Table 2 show kinematic data that inform us that in the Si-St transition the linear acceleration of the trunk on the y-axis showed significant differences between healthy and frail elderly persons, while linear acceleration in the z-axis did not show any statistically significant differences.

It should be noted that frailty is defined as a clinical syndrome in which three or more of the following criteria should be present: unintentional weight loss, self-referred exhaustion, muscular weakness, low walking speed, and low physical activity levels [1]. Generically, the gyroscope and accelerometry data obtained for the Si-St and St-Si transitions were similar to other studies with other types of study groups or other types of functional tasks. In the present study, the frail elderly showed low magnitudes in the kinematic values with low variability (very small standard deviations) compared to the controls, the same as the subjects affected by Parkinson's disease [28-30], the elderly with a high risk of falls [7] and the frail elderly in a previous study [11,12,31].

There are two recent studies [11,12] that have instrumented the Si-St and St-Si transitions, differentiating and analyzing the kinematic data in each of the transitions between two groups of elderly persons. However, unlike the present study, they did not use iPhone 4 technology to collect kinematic variables.

Another recent study which has worked on the instrumentalization of the Timed Get Up and Go [7] test systematically evaluated the accelerometry values in elderly persons with a high risk of falls during the traditional three meter test, focusing solely on transitions in Si-St and St-Si. Like the present study, this study found numerous variables deriving from acceleration that showed differences between groups. However, the variables in this study were different, as was the methodology, and other things. Moreover, the measurement units were not coincident, and this study was based on the acceleration increase amplitude and the acceleration slope.

From a clinical perspective, the present study demonstrates that these new accelerometry parameters play an important role in differentiating between subjects with different functional states. These results provide new knowledge, extending existing knowledge on the isolated study of Si-St and St-Si transitions in frail and physically active elderly persons [11,12,31].

With regards to analysis of the data obtained in the present study, the differences between the frail and the physically active elderly show a series of deficits in the group of frail persons in both transitions. It is notable that the most significant deficit for the frail elderly in the Si-St and St-Si corresponded to accelerometry, with the frail elderly obtaining much lower minimum and maximum accelerations than the physically active elderly in the y-axis (see Table 2). In kinematic terms, this axis corresponds to accelerations in the VT-axis, leading us to believe that the frail elderly have less strength to carry out the impulse in concentric contraction of the quadriceps femoris muscle and the decrease in eccentric contraction of the same muscle on the VT-axis, as required for the transition from sitting to standing and vice versa. A study of the factors which influence this transition in 669 institutionalized elderly people showed that quadricep strength is the most important determinant factor for this transition, although there are other factors such as proprioception, movement execution speed, and psychological aspects which also influence ability to successfully carry out this functional test. Other factors, which may influence this transition, are foot position, anthropometry of the individual, or the height of the chair [16].

 Limitations and Future Work

The present findings motivate future investigations along these lines, but this study presents some limitations. First, men and women have different characteristics and it would be very interesting to provide the differences between them after the St-Si/Si-St exercise. A new study is needed to compare between genders. Moreover, prospective studies are needed to determine if acceleration-derived measures, perhaps in combination with other metrics and previously described measures of fall risk, can predict. Additional work is also needed to explore other properties of accelerometer-derived measures of the Si-St/St-Si. Note that here we specifically focused on timing of transition and a subset of the properties of the signal; further analysis of the complete waveform and other time points may provide additional utility. Indeed, it appears that the proposed approach not only may offer a more refined scale for assessing older adults, but it may also help to pinpoint specific problems that give rise to an abnormal performance of functional tasks (eg, Si-St/St-Si transitions). In the meantime, the present results demonstrate the potential of using an accelerometer to measure Si-St/St-Si performance, while maintaining simplicity and requiring no additional time to acquire the data.

 Conclusions

The inertial sensor fitted in the iPhone 4 is able to study and analyze the kinematics of the Si-St and St-Si transitions in frail and physically active elderly persons. The accelerometry values for the frail elderly are lower than for the physically active elderly, while variability in the readings for the frail elderly is also lower than for the control group. This suggests that the frail elderly carry out the test in a more careful, restricted way during the functional tasks, which make up the transitions, possibly showing their reduced ability to regulate movement when performing these tasks and transitions. The compensation mechanisms also play an important role. These results indicate that the additional, relevant information for future discriminant analysis comes mainly from the acceleration signal during the Si-St and St-Si transitions.

 Abbreviations RPY

roll, pitch, and yaw

 RV

resultant vector

 SDs

standard deviations

 SI-ST

sit-to-stand

 ST-SI

stand-to-sit

 VT

vertical axis

Authors' Contributions: ACV conceived of the study, participated in its design and coordination, and drafted the manuscript. ACV also had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Both authors performed the statistical analysis and provided critical content revision of the manuscript. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

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