PAMSys – Physical Activity Monitoring
PAMSys is a unique, precise platform for objective evaluation of physical activity during everyday life. Developed by BioSensics and based upon the Shimmer platform, the patent-pending PAMSys technology uses advanced signal processing algorithms and novel biomechanical models of human motion to identify the complete physical activity map of the user from data measured by a single portable, light-weight PAMSys motion sensor.
About PAMSys
Using PAMSys, clinicians, physical therapists and other health-care professionals can obtain information about their clients’:
- Posture (sitting, standing, walking, running, lying and the lying position),
- Gait parameters (number of episodes of walking and the speed, duration and number of steps for each episode; correlation between gait speed and duration; steady state gait parameters; the intra-day variability of gait parameters; the average gait speed and total walking steps).
- Postural transition parameters (number per day, its average duration, and its intra-day variability)
Clinical applications of PAMSys platform include:
- Objective outcome evaluation of rehabilitation, treatments, prescribed drugs, and medical interventions
- Objective assessment of quality of life
- Pain management
- Weight management
- Assessment of risk of falling in older adults via home monitoring
- Diabetic foot ulcer management via controlling dosage of activity and activity organization
Evaluation of Physical Activity
The images below shows a typical set up and analysis results of a person’s daily physical activity using PAMSys (about 49 hours continuous monitoring). In addition to the calculated results, the raw data gathered by the PAMSy system can be easily accessed and saved for customized post-processing. The PAMSys platform is designed with ease of use in mind and requires minimum amount of training to operate.
Watch PAMSys in Operation
The accuracy of the algorithms implemented in the PAMSys platform has been validated in several clinical studies in many different areas… please see one current study in the area of diabetes via the following video:
Find out more …
To find out more about PAMSys, please visit the PAMSys webpage for further information and contact details by clicking the BioSensics logo below:
