The increase of the elderly population has an enormous effect on the health
care system of a country, as the rise of this population sets the mood to an exponential
growth in assistance and care. Indeed, the inherent costs of this populational
class are higher when comparing to the younger classes. Today paradigm focuses
on the reduction of these costs by promoting a healthier lifestyle on all classes of
the populations. Thus, the concern of a more active lifestyle is present in the elderly
population, which has proven to reduce, for example, the risk of coronary problems.
The stimulus on physical activity is now higher and it is possible to get several
monitoring devices to keep track on the activity that was performed. Following this
trend, the present paper presents a hybrid approach that employs the use of wearable
devices, the Mio Fuse band and the pandlet, and a non-wearable device, the Kinect
camera, to monitor elderly people during a Boccia game scenario. Preliminary tests
were performed in laboratory. The results include data collected concerning a main
movement that is used during a Boccia gameplay.This article is a result of the project Deus ex machina: NORTE-01-0145-
FEDER-000026, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020),
under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development
Fund (ERDF).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
