Project description Personalised Health, active ageing and independent living Show the project objective Hide the project objective There is a tight link between the rhythm of external information (e.g. auditory) and movement. It can be seen when we spontaneously or deliberately move on the beat of music (e.g. in dance), or when we enjoy performing physical and sport activities (e.g. running or cycling) together with music. This propensity to match movement to rhythm is natural, develops very precociously, and is likely hard-wired in humans, as shown by cognitive sciences and neurosciences. In this proposal, we exploit this compelling link between music and movement for boosting individual performance and enhancing health and wellness. This goal will be achieved by creating an intelligent technological architecture - BeatHealth. Our architecture will deliver embodied, flexible, and efficient rhythmical stimulation adapted to the individual's skills with the goal of enhancing or recovering features of movement performance (i.e. kinematics and physiological performance). This endeavour is highly multidisciplinary. It involves (i) fundamental research aimed at improving information parameters, for maximizing the beneficial effects of rhythmic stimulation on movement kinematics and physiology, (ii) technological development to achieve state-of-the-art system reliability, flexibility, and portability of the BeatHealth architecture, and (iii) the creation of a new IT service in the form of a network-based application for collecting on the fly kinematic data and sharing them with online with others (e.g. medical doctors, family, coach, etc). The beneficial effects of BeatHealth will be evaluated in patients with movement disorders (i.e. Parkinson's disease), and in healthy citizens of various ages with moderate physical activity. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiologymedical and health sciencesbasic medicinephysiologymedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologyparkinsonsocial sciencespsychologycognitive psychology Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2013.5.1 - Personalised health, active ageing, and independent living Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2013-10 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER EU contribution € 619 456,00 Address RUE AUGUSTE BROUSSONNET 163 34090 MONTPELLIER France See on map Region Occitanie Languedoc-Roussillon Hérault Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Gaëtan Lan Sun Luk (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITEIT GENT Belgium EU contribution € 545 840,00 Address SINT PIETERSNIEUWSTRAAT 25 9000 Gent See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen Arr. Gent Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Nathalie Vandepitte (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION Spain EU contribution € 336 837,00 Address PARQUE CIENTIFICO Y TECNOLOGICO DE GIPUZKOA, PASEO MIKELETEGI 2 20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA) See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Erik Hernández Jiménez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE MONTPELLIER France EU contribution € 550 000,00 Address AVENUE DU DOYEN GASTON GIRAUD 191 34000 Montpellier See on map Region Occitanie Languedoc-Roussillon Hérault Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Valérie HANDWEILER (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITE MONTPELLIER I Participation ended France EU contribution € 250 768,00 Address BOULEVARD HENRI IV 5 34967 MONTPELLIER See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Claudine Coppin (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH Ireland EU contribution € 639 099,00 Address CO KILDARE W23 Maynooth See on map Region Ireland Eastern and Midland Mid-East Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Rudi Villing (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data