A Proposal of a Support System for Continued Grip Strength Measurement using Communication Robot in Older Adults at Home

- The Effectiveness for the Intervention of Communication Robot by Crossover Experiment-

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to propose an intervention system that can continuously measure grip strength using a communication robot. And we verified the effect of this system. As a result, it was confirmed that the measurement behavior for three weeks could be continued by the face recognition and the voice call functions installed in the communication robot. It was suggested that grip strength is an effective index for health management of the older adults living at home. This study has shown that the communication robots are an effective tool for encouraging the continued measurement of healthcare monitoring systems.