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Effect of an Online Mobility Self-Management Program on Walking Speed in Older Adults With Preclinical Mobility Limitation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effect of an Online Mobility Self-Management Program on Walking Speed in Older Adults With Preclinical Mobility Limitation: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Mobility, the ability to move within one’s environment, is essential to maintaining independence [6]. Importantly, changes in mobility are frequently the first indication of functional decline [10,11]. The onset of mobility decline is characterized by frequent transitions between states of mobility independence and mobility limitation and represents a highly dynamic process that is often indicative of health status [10,12,13].

Julie Richardson, Ayse Kuspinar, Susanne Sinclair, Marla Beauchamp, Sinead Dufour, Ada Tang, Joy MacDermid, Evelyne Durocher, Lehana Thabane, Feng Xie, Andrew Costa

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e72585

Power-Assist Add-Ons for Older Adult Manual Wheelchair Users: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Power-Assist Add-Ons for Older Adult Manual Wheelchair Users: Protocol for a Scoping Review

For power-assist add-ons, we will use power-assisted mobility devices, electric wheelchair attachments, motorized wheelchair accessories, and wheelchair propulsion assistance. For manual wheelchair users, we will use wheelchair users, individuals with mobility limitations, and people who use manual wheelchairs. For active aging, we will use healthy aging, aging well, independent living in older adults, and maintaining mobility in older adults.

Oladele Atoyebi, Andrew Wister, Johanne Mattie, Gloria Gutman, Habib Chaudhury, Carolyn Sparrey, O Yvette Jones, W Ben Mortenson, Eireann O’Dea, Sogol Haji Hosseini, Jaimie Borisoff

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e56375

Identifying Optimal Wearable Devices for Monitoring Mobility in Hospitalized Older Adults: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Validity Study

Identifying Optimal Wearable Devices for Monitoring Mobility in Hospitalized Older Adults: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Validity Study

Therefore, early detection and prevention of mobility decline during hospitalization is critical to improving patient outcomes and reducing health care utilization [8]. Wearable technology provides a direct means of assessing and monitoring mobility, by gathering continuous information on patients’ physical activities and mobility patterns. This capability would allow practitioners to create and monitor tailored mobility care for each patient, which may improve functional outcomes.

Paulo Nascimento, Renata Kirkwood, Lauren E Griffith, Mylinh Duong, Cody Cooper, Yujiao Hao, Rong Zheng, Samir Raza, Marla Beauchamp

JMIR Aging 2025;8:e64372

Cocreating the Visualization of Digital Mobility Outcomes: Delphi-Type Process With Patients

Cocreating the Visualization of Digital Mobility Outcomes: Delphi-Type Process With Patients

Mobility refers to the ability to move freely and easily to carry out activities of daily living and refers to movement in all forms, from moving out of a chair to walking [1]. It is necessary for daily tasks, participating in social activities, and maintaining independence [2]. Mobility is a meaningful aspect of health for individuals across multiple health conditions and plays a large role in their physical, social, and psychological experience [3].

Jack Lumsdon, Cameron Wilson, Lisa Alcock, Clemens Becker, Francesco Benvenuti, Tecla Bonci, Koen van den Brande, Gavin Brittain, Philip Brown, Ellen Buckley, Marco Caruso, Brian Caulfield, Andrea Cereatti, Laura Delgado-Ortiz, Silvia Del Din, Jordi Evers, Judith Garcia-Aymerich, Heiko Gaßner, Tova Gur Arieh, Clint Hansen, Jeffrey M Hausdorff, Hugo Hiden, Emily Hume, Cameron Kirk, Walter Maetzler, Dimitrios Megaritis, Lynn Rochester, Kirsty Scott, Basil Sharrack, Norman Sutton, Beatrix Vereijken, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Alison Yarnall, Alison Keogh, Alma Cantu

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e68782

Applications of Self-Driving Vehicles in an Aging Population

Applications of Self-Driving Vehicles in an Aging Population

In this paper, we aim to provide an updated review of current and proposed applications of self-driving vehicles, particularly through the integration and application of mobility as a service to assist with prolonging the autonomy of aging persons, as well as review the limitations and future directions that have yet to be explored.

Sara Shu, Benjamin K P Woo

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e66180

Wheelchair Servicing for Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study

Wheelchair Servicing for Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study

Mobility is an essential element of an older person’s physical capacity. The loss of muscle mass and muscle strength, decreased flexibility, and problems with balance can all impair mobility [1]. Mobility impairment is found in 39% of people over 65 years of age, more than three times higher than that among the working population [2]. Wheelchairs enable mobility; however, these assistive mobility devices have a longstanding issue, that is, their parts break with little use.

Anand Mhatre, Abigail Dumm, Muyun Zhao, Lorena Parra Rodriguez

JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol 2025;12:e66472

Feasibility of Using Resting Heart Rate and Step Counts From Patient-Held Sensors During Clinical Assessment of Medical Emergencies (FUSE): Protocol for Prospective Observational Study in European Hospitals

Feasibility of Using Resting Heart Rate and Step Counts From Patient-Held Sensors During Clinical Assessment of Medical Emergencies (FUSE): Protocol for Prospective Observational Study in European Hospitals

Similarly, mobility has been suggested to be a vital sign [15] and could be easily quantified by step counts. Normal mobility has been shown to be a protective factor [15]. Therefore, the assessment and comparison of step count during illness might be of value. The general public are increasingly using devices such as smartwatches and mobile telephones that can potentially measure and record vital signs such as heart rate, heart rhythm, and oxygen saturation.

Jack Barrington, Christian Subbe, John Kellett, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Mikkel Brabrand, Prabath Nanayakkara, Jelmer Alsma

JMIR Res Protoc 2025;14:e55975

School-Based Virtual Reality Programming for Obtaining Moderate-Intensity Exercise Among Children With Disabilities: Pre-Post Feasibility Study

School-Based Virtual Reality Programming for Obtaining Moderate-Intensity Exercise Among Children With Disabilities: Pre-Post Feasibility Study

Children with mobility disabilities who cannot walk, run, or cycle for prolonged periods have very few evidenced aerobic exercise modalities for improving their cardiometabolic health and cardiorespiratory fitness [2,14,15]. Active video gaming is one of the few evidenced aerobic exercise modalities that can improve health among children with disabilities [14,15]. Past active video gaming studies typically used console-based devices such as the Nintendo Wii or X-Box Connect.

Byron Lai, Ashley Wright, Bailey Hutchinson, Larsen Bright, Raven Young, Drew Davis, Sultan Ali Malik, James H Rimmer, Pelham High Community Engagement Group

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e65801

Moving Standard Deviation of Trunk Acceleration as a Quantification Index for Physical Activities: Validation Study

Moving Standard Deviation of Trunk Acceleration as a Quantification Index for Physical Activities: Validation Study

Finally, we categorized all participants into 6 subgroups based on the mobility scores from the FIM and their mobility patterns as follows: FIM1-4, FIM5 WC, FIM5 walking, FIM6 WC, FIM6 walking, and FIM7. The Kruskal-Wallis test was performed to analyze the association between MSDA and the number of steps. The Bonferroni method was used to control for multiple comparisons. All analyses were performed using SPSS (version 26; IBM Corp).

Takuya Suzuki, Yuji Kono, Takayuki Ogasawara, Masahiko Mukaino, Yasushi Aoshima, Shotaro Furuzawa, Yurie Fujita, Hirotaka Matsuura, Masumi Yamaguchi, Shingo Tsukada, Yohei Otaka

JMIR Form Res 2025;9:e63064

A Smartphone-Based Timed Up and Go Test Self-Assessment for Older Adults: Validity and Reliability Study

A Smartphone-Based Timed Up and Go Test Self-Assessment for Older Adults: Validity and Reliability Study

An unsupervised smartphone-based i TUG could fill a gap in the landscape of mobility assessment methods that is still dominated by patient-reported outcome measures and supervised assessments conducted in laboratory or clinical settings [25]. Digital self-assessments could support older adults to take up an active role in risk screening or monitoring, and to early identify changes in their mobility.

Melissa Johanna Böttinger, Sabato Mellone, Jochen Klenk, Carl-Philipp Jansen, Marios Stefanakis, Elena Litz, Anastasia Bredenbrock, Jan-Philipp Fischer, Jürgen M Bauer, Clemens Becker, Katharina Gordt-Oesterwind

JMIR Aging 2025;8:e67322