Protótipo de aplicativo móvel para melhoramento de equilíbrio e marcha em idosos

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Technology has evolved a lot, favoring human life in different areas of everyday life. With this, the population benefits by providing progress in quality of life. The use of mobile devices has been growing in the elderly population, and the use of applications that help these individuals has become a very common practice. The use of applications that help improve gait and balance performance as a good prognosis for aging has gained many studies in the field of health. In this context, the need to expand applications that help improve gait and balance in elderly individuals and that is capable of transmitting information to the user and appropriate professional. OBJECTIVE: Development of a prototype mobile application aimed at improving balance and gait in the elderly through exercise. METHODS: Refers to an experimental development of a mobile application, which installed on an android system, should be able to help the individual to perform exercises to improve balance and gait. The application is responsible for presenting some variations of exercises, which the user must choose and start their normal use. Once you start it, you will have an explanatory form in video, image and text for your use, at the end you will have to answer an evaluation questionnaire about how it was carried out. This questionnaire will help the user and a suitable professional to see how the exercise is helping or needs improvement for the individual. RESULT: The developed prototype uses python as its main language, has good credibility that guarantees a good execution, Kivy is an open source and very complete library for the development of Apps in python. Kivy follows a UI pattern called NUI – Natural User Interface. Basically, it follows the standards of applications that are used on a daily basis on mobile devices and are easily accessible interfaces. CONCLUSION: Using the python programming language helped in the elaboration of the development of the prototype, its interfaces with ample tools of facilities with the purpose of meeting the needs of the users and allowing an ease through the installation in a mobile device, it helps the individual to carry out the exercises in any environment and time, improving your quality of life.