SMILING

Self mobility improvement in the elderly by counteracting falls

Coordinatore	ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RIPOSO E CURA PER ANZIANI V.E. II    more  Organization address address: VIA SANTA MARGHERITA 5 city: ANCONA postcode: 60124 contact info Cognome: MARCELLINI, FIORELLA Email: send email Telefono: -8004820 Fax: -35973
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Sito del progetto	http://www.smilingproject.eu/
Totale costo	2˙868˙050 €
EC contributo	2˙250˙000 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-01-01   -   2010-06-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RIPOSO E CURA PER ANZIANI V.E. II  Organization address address: VIA SANTA MARGHERITA 5 city: ANCONA postcode: 60124 contact info Cognome: MARCELLINI, FIORELLA Email: send email Telefono: -8004820 Fax: -35973	IT (ANCONA)	coordinator	0.00
2	AB.ACUS SRL  Organization address address: VIA DOMODOSSOLA 7 city: MILANO postcode: 20145 contact info Cognome: N/A	IT (MILANO)	participant	0.00
3	ALMA MATER STUDIORUM-UNIVERSITA DI BOLOGNA  Organization address address: Via Zamboni 33 city: BOLOGNA contact info Cognome: N/A	IT (BOLOGNA)	participant	0.00
4	ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE	CH	participant	0.00
5	HOSPICES CANTONAUX - CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE VAUDOIS  Organization address address: RUE DU BUGNON 21 city: LAUSANNE postcode: 1005 contact info Cognome: N/A	CH (LAUSANNE)	participant	0.00
6	MERCAZ MISHAN LTD  Organization address address: ARLOZOROV STREET 33 city: TEL AVIV postcode: 62098 contact info Cognome: N/A	IL (TEL AVIV)	participant	0.00
7	STEP OF MIND LTD  Organization address address: HASAYFAN STREET 42 city: RAMAT-HASHARON postcode: 47248 contact info Cognome: N/A	IL (RAMAT-HASHARON)	participant	0.00
8	STICHTING IMEC NEDERLAND  Organization address address: HIGH TECH CAMPUS 42 city: EINDHOVEN postcode: 5656 AE contact info Cognome: N/A	NL (EINDHOVEN)	participant	0.00
9	TECHNICKA UNIVERZITA V KOSICIACH  Organization address address: LETNA 9 city: KOSICE postcode: 4200 contact info Cognome: N/A	SK (KOSICE)	participant	0.00
10	UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE  Organization address address: RICHMOND STREET 16 city: GLASGOW postcode: G1 1XQ contact info Cognome: N/A	UK (GLASGOW)	participant	0.00
11	VYSOKOSPECIALIZOVANY ODBORNY USTAV GERIATRICKY SV. LUKASA V KOSICIACH N.O.  Organization address address: STROJARENSKA 13 city: KOSICE postcode: 040 01 contact info Cognome: N/A	SK (KOSICE)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

Mobility means freedom, flexibility and autonomy for all citizens, including older persons. Aging is characterized by functional changes in the sensory, neurological and musculoskeletal systems, affecting motor tasks including gait and postural balance. Gait and balance disturbances in elderly are the main risk factor for falling. The SMILING project is planning to diminish age related impairments by interfering with mobility disability and improving carry-over into real life situations. Research undertaken in USA and Israel has shown strong indications that the vicious circle of muscle weakness and time delay of the Central Nervous System (CNS) that causes gait and balance impairment could be weakened by applying unexpected external motion perturbations.

Elderly at risk of falling can be considered to be suffering from an involuntary and stereotyped motor behaviour that restricts their participation in society. One method to overcome such a situation is to break the stereotyped motion schema and activate a new learning process to better approach real life tasks. To pursue such a target, the SMILING project will use chaos theory and dynamic systems theory with applications in the training of the ageing populations.

The SMILING solution, a wearable non-invasive computer-controlled system, is aimed to perform chaotic perturbations to lower extremities during active walking by small alterations of the height and slope of weight-bearing surfaces. SMILING will implement a systemic solution to re-model training sessions used prevalently in fitness clubs or home environments to facilitate and ameliorate walking schemas. It will not develop any assistive technology to cope with ageing related mobility limitations but will offer a reorganization of the rehabilitation process in ageing, through new training procedures and advanced technologies needed to deliver them.