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Chronic pain is one of the most common health problems affecting daily activity, employment, relationships and emotional functioning. Unfortunately, limited access to pain experts, the high heterogeneity in terms of clinical manifestation and treatment results, contribute in failure to manage efficiently and effectively pain. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be a valuable tool, enabling better self-management and self-empowerment of pain. To this direction, this paper reports on the design of a novel technical infrastructure for chronic pain self-management based on an Intelligent Personal Health Record (PHR) platform. The designed platform targets, among others, at improving the knowledge on the patient data, effectiveness and adherence to treatment and providing effective communication channels between patients and clinicians. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We aim to solve which off-the-shelf motion sensor device is the most suitable for extensive usage in PC open-source exergames for the elderly. To solve this problem, we studied the specifications of the market-available sensors to reduce the initial, broad set of sensors to only two candidates: the Nintendo Wii controllers and the Microsoft© Kinect™ camera. The capabilities of these two are tested with a demo implementation. We take into account both the accuracy in the movement-detection of the sensors, and the software-related issues. Our outcome indicates that the Microsoft© Kinect™ camera is the option that currently provides the best solution for our purpose. This study can be helpful for researchers to choose the device that suits their project needs better, removing the sensor-choosing task time from their schedule. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]