Catherine Park1, Amir Sharafkhaneh2, Mon S Bryant2, Christina Nguyen2, Ilse Torres2, Bijan Najafi3. 1. Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP), Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. 2. Telehealth Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, Medical Care Line, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas. 3. Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP), Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: bijan.najafi@bcm.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Traditional physical frailty (PF) screening tools are resource intensive and unsuitable for remote assessment. In this study, we used five times sit-to-stand test (5×STS) with wearable sensors to determine PF and three key frailty phenotypes (slowness, weakness, and exhaustion) objectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Older adults (n = 102, age: 76.54 ± 7.72 y, 72% women) performed 5×STS while wearing sensors attached to the trunk and bilateral thigh and shank. Duration of 5×STS was recorded using a stopwatch. Seventeen sensor-derived variables were analyzed to determine the ability of 5×STS to distinguish PF, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion. Binary logistic regression was used, and its area under curve was calculated. RESULTS: A strong correlation was observed between sensor-based and manually-recorded 5xSTS durations (r = 0.93, P < 0.0001). Sensor-derived variables indicators of slowness (5×STS duration, hip angular velocity range, and knee angular velocity range), weakness (hip power range and knee power range), and exhaustion (coefficient of variation (CV) of hip angular velocity range, CV of vertical velocity range, and CV of vertical power range) were different between the robust group and prefrail/frail group (P < 0.05) with medium to large effect sizes (Cohen's d = 0.50-1.09). The results suggested that sensor-derived variables enable identifying PF, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion with an area under curve of 0.861, 0.865, 0.720, and 0.723, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that sensor-based 5×STS can provide digital biomarkers of PF, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion. The simplicity, ease of administration in front of a camera, and safety of 5xSTS may facilitate a remote assessment of PF, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion via telemedicine.
BACKGROUND: Traditional physical frailty (PF) screening tools are resource intensive and unsuitable for remote assessment. In this study, we used five times sit-to-stand test (5×STS) with wearable sensors to determine PF and three key frailty phenotypes (slowness, weakness, and exhaustion) objectively. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Older adults (n = 102, age: 76.54 ± 7.72 y, 72% women) performed 5×STS while wearing sensors attached to the trunk and bilateral thigh and shank. Duration of 5×STS was recorded using a stopwatch. Seventeen sensor-derived variables were analyzed to determine the ability of 5×STS to distinguish PF, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion. Binary logistic regression was used, and its area under curve was calculated. RESULTS: A strong correlation was observed between sensor-based and manually-recorded 5xSTS durations (r = 0.93, P < 0.0001). Sensor-derived variables indicators of slowness (5×STS duration, hip angular velocity range, and knee angular velocity range), weakness (hip power range and knee power range), and exhaustion (coefficient of variation (CV) of hip angular velocity range, CV of vertical velocity range, and CV of vertical power range) were different between the robust group and prefrail/frail group (P < 0.05) with medium to large effect sizes (Cohen's d = 0.50-1.09). The results suggested that sensor-derived variables enable identifying PF, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion with an area under curve of 0.861, 0.865, 0.720, and 0.723, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that sensor-based 5×STS can provide digital biomarkers of PF, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion. The simplicity, ease of administration in front of a camera, and safety of 5xSTS may facilitate a remote assessment of PF, slowness, weakness, and exhaustion via telemedicine.
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