Category: Research

Volunteers 65 years old and above are requested for a fall-risk monitoring study May 10-28 at Donald L. Beggs Hall (main lobby). The study is part of a research project funded by the Regional Institute on Aging. The purpose is to develop a wireless and flexible skin-wearable electronic device with motion sensors to identify the fall risk of older adults.

Procedures

• The research team will help participants to put the fall risk monitoring device onto the skin.
• Each participant will be instructed to conduct five types of different daily activities (sitting, standing, lying, walking, climbing stairs, and running) as well as three types of falls (forward, backward and lateral falls).

Time

• This device test is expected to last about 60 minutes for fall risk monitoring and 30 minutes for additional education or paper works.
• The fall-risk monitoring test will be conducted between May 10-28.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

• Participants must be age 65 years or older.
• Participants should be able to stand up from a seated position and lay down from a standing position repeatedly at least 10 times and also walk, run, walk upstairs, and walk downstairs continuously at least for five minutes for each activity.
• Participants should not have mobility or activity difficulty.
• Participants should not have severe visual impairment and hearing loss problems.
• Participants should not have cognitive impairment.

Participants will receive $100 Greenphire ClinCard for their participation. You can use the ClinCard at an ATM or like a debit card. Participants must have a valid Social Security Number to participate and to receive the payment.

If you are interested in participating in this study, please email Dr. Yongkuk Lee at yongkuk.lee@wichita.edu, or call 316- 978-7670.

Recordings of previous WSU Office of Research workshops can be found at www.wichita.edu/researchworkshops.

For example, if you missed the K-State University webinar on the National Science Foundation Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate, the zoom link and password for this presentation is listed on our WSU Research Workshop webpage.

Other recorded presentations include: Introduction to the Research Office, Institutional Review Board, Data Security, Internal Funding through the Faculty Support Committee, and applying to National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF).

Please email proposals@wichita.edu if you have any difficulty accessing the previous recordings.

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Five students in Ph.D. program for physical therapy area looking for participants 50 years of age or older with chronic low back pain. Your participation may help physical therapists understand and treat chronic low back pain in a technological age using at-home therapy services.

If chosen to participate and are placed in the experimental group, you complete an eight-week home exercise program that will be monitored via e-mail. The exercise program will not require external resistance (weights or resistance bands). You will fill out one questionnaire prior to starting the program and three questionnaires eight weeks later. If you are placed in the control group, your only responsibility will be to complete one survey at the beginning of the program and two surveys eight weeks later.

If interested, please complete the survey below. It will only take about 10 minutes. After returning the survey, you will receive an email with further information.

Your participation is greatly appreciated, voluntary, and your responses will remain confidential. If you have questions or concerns, please email Austin Foley at amfoley1@shockers.wichita.edu.