Current Research Projects

S.M.A.R.T: Personalized, Home-Based Cognitive-Motor Training Using Exergames to Improve Cognitive and Motor Functioning in Frail Adults

Amid growing demands for rehabilitation and shortages in the healthcare workforce, scalable and motivating interventions are urgently needed. Cognitive-motor training, particularly through exergames, offers a promising solution by integrating cognitive tasks with physical activity in an engaging and accessible home-based format.

Within the scope of the PROHEALTH project, the “S.M.A.R.T: Personalized, Home-Based Cognitive-Motor Training Using Exergames to Improve Cognitive and Motor Functioning in Frail Adults” trial will take place.

This international, multicenter, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial evaluates the effectiveness of personalized, home-based cognitive-motor training using exergames to improve cognitive and motor function in frail older adults.

Funding:

This project is funded by the European Partnership on Transforming Health and Care Systems (THCS) under the Horizon Europe Programme (Funding Agreement Number: FP-1516).

Principal Investigator: Dr. Eleftheria Giannouli

Trial Sites:

ETH Zurich/University Hospital Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation (Milan, Italy)
Alma Mater Europaea University/General Hospital Izola (Koper/Izola, Slovenia)
Materia Agecare (Nicosia, Cyprus)
Saint Vincent De Paul long term care facility (Luqa, Malta)

Prescription of cognitive-motor exergaming in residents of long-term care facilities with cognitive impairments (X-GameCare)

This study aims to develop a conceptual framework for integrating exergame training into long-term care facilities, by selecting appropriate games based on motor and cognitive functioning profiles and determining the optimal level of support for older adults with neurocognitive disorders using machine learning.

xGameCare is a crossectional study in cooperation with following long-term care facilities:

- Begegnungs- und Pflegezentrum Holbeinhof (Basel)

- Stiftung Wohnen im Alter Hinwil

- Senevita Mühlibach (Buchs-Dällikon)

- Pflegezentrum im Spitz (Kloten)

- Alterszentrum Adlergarten (Winterthur)

- Adullam Pflegezentrum Basel

- Adullam Pflegezentrum Riehen

Funding:
This project is funded by the Alois & Auguste Foundation

Principal Investigator: Dr. Eleftheria Giannouli