CETpD

CETpD
Type	Public
Established	2003
Location	Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain
Website	www.upc.edu/cetpd

The Technical Research Centre for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living (CETpD)^[1] is an applied research and technology transfer centre created for the Universitat Politèncica de Catalunya and the Fundació Hospital Comarcal Sant Antoni Abat on behalf of the Consorci de Servei a les Persones de Vilanova i la Geltrú, with the aim of covering the demand for research and development in the field of Gerontechnology, Ambient Intelligence, Assistive Robotics and User Experience Technologies.

The CETpD carries out applied research work and innovation on enhancing independent living of elderly and disabled people.

Areas

CETpD AmI projects are part of the assistance field, mainly housing and health application. Clinical and epidemiological studies on gait alterations, balance alterations, and falls are conducted at the CETpD in order to gain insight into their causes and to find novel therapeutics. The CETpD also develops gerontotechnology, assistive robotics, and remote diagnosis devices.

References

↑ Rodríguez-Molinero, Alejandro; Pérez-López, Carlos; Samà, Albert; Rodríguez-Martín, Daniel; Alcaine, Sheila; Mestre, Berta; Quispe, Paola; Giuliani, Benedetta; Vainstein, Gabriel; Browne, Patrick; Sweeney, Dean; Quinlan, Leo R.; Arostegui, J. Manuel Moreno; Bayes, Àngels; Lewy, Hadas; Costa, Alberto; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Counihan, Timothy; Laighin, Gearòid Ò; Cabestany, Joan (17 September 2019). "Estimating dyskinesia severity in Parkinson's disease by using a waist-worn sensor: concurrent validity study". Scientific Reports. 9 (1) 13434. Bibcode:2019NatSR...913434R. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49798-3. PMC 6748910. PMID 31530855.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

External links

[1] Rodríguez-Molinero, Alejandro; Pérez-López, Carlos; Samà, Albert; Rodríguez-Martín, Daniel; Alcaine, Sheila; Mestre, Berta; Quispe, Paola; Giuliani, Benedetta; Vainstein, Gabriel; Browne, Patrick; Sweeney, Dean; Quinlan, Leo R.; Arostegui, J. Manuel Moreno; Bayes, Àngels; Lewy, Hadas; Costa, Alberto; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Counihan, Timothy; Laighin, Gearòid Ò; Cabestany, Joan (17 September 2019). "Estimating dyskinesia severity in Parkinson's disease by using a waist-worn sensor: concurrent validity study". Scientific Reports. 9 (1) 13434. Bibcode:2019NatSR...913434R. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49798-3. PMC 6748910. PMID 31530855.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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