In order to contribute to the effective fight against the expansion of COVID-19, the Institute of Biomechanics (IBV) makes an online platform available to citizens with resources to promote healthy living and improve well-being during this stage of confinement .
It’s about the portal www.ibv.org/yomequedoencasawhere you can find apps and tips tailored to different age groups to help people maintain a healthy life from home, stay active, telework safely with adapted jobs, combat loneliness and promote active ergonomics, among others. As stated by the head of Processes and Strategy at IBV, Erika Martino, “As a leading research center in people’s health, well-being and quality of life, we have made the results of our research available to citizens, which have had the support of the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE)“
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In this new platform, older people have a special role. For them, various resources have been included to combat loneliness or even keep the brain active. For example, the section “Connect” includes guidelines for maintaining contact with older family members through video calls, as well as training materials such as AD-GAMING, which increase the technological and digital skills of people with Alzheimer’s, their families and their caregivers through games.
Another resource focuses on helping people detect how they are doing regarding their physical and emotional well-being, a situation that can be complicated in this time of confinement. SUMMAT, designed mainly for companies that want to make them available to their staff to improve their well-being, which is now open for free for all people to use. In it, a well-being diagnosis can be obtained and challenges are posed to improve it according to the needs of each person.
3D body control and healthy teleworking
IBV also makes the application available to citizens 3D avatar body to monitor the body, in order to see what is the evolution over time or if you are following any diet or training plan. “In this situation, it can be useful to motivate people to maintain a healthy lifestyle.“Erika Martino points out. In this line, on the platform you can also find exercise resources, which is essential to maintain physical and mental health. In this regard, the Institute of Biomechanics has joined the initiatives of COLEF CV.
Many people have also been forced to move the office home, a situation full of risks in which it is important to know, from a technical and scientific point of view, what are the guidelines for adapting the new job. For them IBV shares its knowledge in another of the areas where it is an expert such as promoting ergonomics on the job. Thus, it has enabled another section that includes recommendations to adapt the workspace, and perform active breaks and stretches that will help people to carry out safe teleworking. The objective is “that there are no discomforts in the neck, back, etc., and that above all, the appearance of musculoskeletal disorders derived from the lack of ergonomics and adaptation of the workplace are avoided.“Concludes Erika Martino.
Assess the impact of the pandemic on exercise and physical activity
Furthermore, the Institute of Biomechanics It is working to face COVID-19 both in the current and future scenarios, for which it also wants to count on the participation of society. Thus, this entity is evaluating the impact that the pandemic is having on the exercise and physical activity of the population, what problems it is facing and how it is affecting their motivation. On the platform you can access a questionnaire to participate in it.
And finally, IBV invites citizens to participate in innovation by joining the project VALENCIA.DATA, an initiative to help advance R&D in different aspects, among others those related to combating the coronavirus. It collects and stores data that will be used in the different IBV initiatives in the design of products and services to improve people’s quality of life.
Both the platform VALENCIA.DATA (IMDE40 / 2018/3),
like the results of the projects good work (IMDEEA / 2018/70) and suggest me (IMDEEA / 2019/92), financed by the Valencian Institute of Competitiveness
Business (IVACE) and the FEDER funds, have served as a basis to put
This initiative is underway.
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