179B ComPA in progress
Saving our elders from falls: a question of pressure
Intervention area
Smart home
Start date
May 1, 2024
End date
July 31, 2025
Whether due to pharmacological treatments, in the context of heart failure, or orthostatic hypotension, drops in blood pressure among the elderly place them at a high risk of falls. This INTER mandate aims at developing a portable technology for applying pressure to the calves, to increase blood return to the heart and thereby minimizing drops in blood pressure.
Lead applicant
Céderick Landry
Université de Sherbrooke
Génie mécanique
3 INTER mandates
Team
Jean-Sébastien Plante
Université de Sherbrooke
Génie mécanique
9 INTER mandates
Éléonore Riesco
Université de Sherbrooke
Kinanthropologie
4 INTER mandates
Non-INTER team
Warner Mampuya, Mathieu Hamel
