Every year in France, 2 million frail people and seniors fall, causing 130,000+ hospitalizations and 10,000+ deaths, with significant physical, psychological and social consequences. Retirement homes house seniors who have a higher-than-average risk of falling and this is why they are particularly interested in assessing this risk.

1. How is a fall risk assessment carried out in a retirement home?

Gabriel Dib: Management informs residents that a testing session will take place soon, often by placing posters in common areas. Selected or interested residents begin by gathering in a room for a short briefing. Then, each participant is equipped with a belt carrying an Age Impulse sensor and walks normally for 15 seconds, usually inside the building.

Each test produces a personal result displayed by the Age Impulse application on a phone. The result shows an overall score with a green/orange/red color code, and details faulty gait markers. The method is reliable, and is based on a prospective longitudinal study of more than 2 years and on scientific publications.

2. What happens next?

G.D.: After each individual assessment, there is a follow up according to the result.

• If the risk of falling is low, participants can improve their fitness by using the Age Impulse mobile application.
• If there is a potential or proven risk of falling, the participant is encouraged to consult their primary care physician and undergo a treatment to reduce their risk of falling, which can be due to issues with the inner ear, eyesight, nutrition, medications, etc.
• If the risk comes from muscle weakness, the mobile application guides the work of a physiotherapist in line with the faulty marker(s). The patient walks on a treadmill, follows the advice of the physiotherapist, and sees results improve in real time. This makes rehabilitation fun and objective. 
• If the risk of falling is proven, the retirement home can offer additional services such as remote assistance and request help from an occupational therapist. The participant is also encouraged to notify their loved ones.

3. What has been the participation and the reactions of residents?

G.D.: Assessments take place regularly in the homes we work with, and include between 10 and 20 participants each time. They are motivating for residents who wish to preserve their quality of life and their independence. The activity is very popular among residents, both for its preventive aspect and for its fun side.

4. What do retirement home managers think?

G.D.: They appreciate the simplicity, speed and reliability of our fall risk assessment: 15 seconds per person, without the need for qualified personnel, and with privacy ensured by hosting personal information in a sovereign Cloud certified for health data.

For retirement homes, there are a number of benefits from this approach:

• Reassure residents and their loved ones by reducing the fear of falling, which is itself a major cause of falls.
• Encourage residents to consult health professionals (doctor, ENT specialist, ophthalmologist, physiotherapist, etc.) to assess and manage their risk of falling.
• Promote physical activity, essential to prevent falls.
• Combat denial, thanks to objective results encouraging the remote assistance and walking aids (walker, cane).
• Create differentiation against competition, by offering a safer environment and providing active support for residents.
• Reduce costs of acquiring new residents and generate attractive financial returns.
• Leverage a dashboard showing an overview of residents and priorities.

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Age Impulse recently launched Gaitwin®, the first digital twin for gait analysis – what’s a digital twin?

Gabriel Dib: A digital twin is a virtual representation of a physical object, process or person. This digital model uses real-time data to reflect its state, behavior and changes over time.

Could you give us some examples of digital twins?

GD: Digital twins are used in various fields, for example to design buildings, optimize their energy usage and ensure their maintenance. In aeronautics, digital twins of aircraft and engines can monitor performance, plan maintenance and improve flight safety.

In healthcare, a digital twin is a virtual replica of a patient, an organ or a healthcare system.

What are the benefits of digital twins in healthcare?

GD: Digital twins make it possible to model the evolution of diseases, thereby facilitating prevention and prediction of pathologies. This allows doctors to take proactive steps to prevent potential complications. Healthcare can be optimized by using the data collected to adjust treatment in a precise and personalized manner for each patient.

What is a digital twin for gait analysis?

GD: It is a virtual representation of an individual’s gait, which is used to analyze walk patterns, identify faulty markers and discover potential issues.

How does it work and what are the benefits?

GD: First, a precise digital model of an individual’s gait in created using a sensor. This digital twin is then then used to identify anomalies, and encourage people to join a care pathway. Thanks to the data collected, combined with artificial intelligence, healthcare professionals can personalize care plans according to the specific needs of each individual, thus improving results and making progress objective.

Gaitwin is the first digital twin focused on walking pattern analysis – how does it work?

GD: Gaitwin® is an innovative, patented, multiple award-winning solution that assesses the risk of falling in a reliable and simple manner, without the need for qualified personnel, in just 15 seconds. It creates a digital twin of a person’s gait, a “Gait Twin”, from data collected by a sensor worn on a belt. The sensor is connected to a mobile application, powered by Artificial Intelligence and hosted in a sovereign Cloud, certified HDS (Health Data Hosting).

Gaitwin identifies faulty gait markers and assesses fall risk. Based on the results, the tested person is encouraged to join a care pathway, since a heighten fall risk may be due to issues with the inner ear, eye sight, nutrition, medication, etc. The solution guides the work of healthcare staff and makes rehabilitation enjoyable, thereby reducing the risk of falls, strengthening autonomy and making progress objective.

A final word?

GD: Every year, falls among elderly or vulnerable people generate considerable financial and human costs. Thanks to our new approach based on the Gaitwin digital twin, we facilitate the assessment of fall risk in a revolutionary way, allowing as many people as possible to benefit from personalized preventive measures!

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Age Impulse today launched Gaitwin®, the first digital twin focused on walking pattern analysis, for assessing and reducing the fall risk in elderly or vulnerable people.

Gaitwin is an innovative, patented, award-winning solution. It creates a digital twin of a person’s gait, a “Gait Twin”, from data collected in just 15 seconds of walking by a sensor worn on a belt, close to the center of gravity of the body. The sensor is connected to a mobile application, powered by AI and hosted in a sovereign cloud, certified HDS (Health Data Hosting).

Based on results, the tested person may be encouraged to join a care pathway to reduce individual fall risk which can stem from different issues: inner ear, eyesight, nutrition, medications, etc. A person with a high-risk score is invited to contact an occupational therapist or remote assistance and to inform their loved ones. The solution guides the work of care staff and makes rehabilitation enjoyable, thereby reducing the risk of falls, strengthening autonomy and making progress objective.

The solution is the result of cutting-edge French research, based in particular on a prospective longitudinal study carried out for more than 2 years, and on scientific publications.

Age Impulse markets its solutions to retirement homes, remote care and personal assistance organizations, and functional rehabilitation centers.

Gabriel Dib, President and Founder of Age Impulse: “In France, a person over 65 falls every 15 seconds. This causes 10,000 deaths and 130,000 hospitalizations per year, with a cost to society of 2 billion Euros and a growing impact due to the ageing baby boomer generation. With Gaitwin®, the first digital twin specific to gait analysis, Age Impulse addresses this major societal challenge by raising awareness and facilitating personalized prevention!”

More generally, a digital gait twin is a virtual and dynamic representation of an individual’s gait, which can be leveraged for various purposes:

• Detailed analysis of walking patterns

• Personalization of rehabilitation

• Help in predicting pathologies

• Design of orthoses, prostheses or exoskeletons

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