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Researchers from FHT employed a Group Model Building exercise to showcase how shared understanding of complex healthcare issues can lead to the development of more effective interventions.

Using the Group Model Building methodology, FHT researchers explore the causal relationship between factors that hinder fall prevention programmes in the community.

Researchers at FHT developed an ethical code on health data governance in Singapore through a modified Policy Delphi process, and explored the potential implications of its application.

FHT describes a protocol for a systematic review on Mobile Health (mHealth) interventions promoting healthy ageing

FHT researchers conducted focus group discussions with university students in Singapore to explore perceptions about mhealth interventions for depression and anxiety. 

A team from FHT investigates and tests the utility of the Interactive Usability Toolbox (IUT) platform for wearable robotic devices.

FHT researchers identified and reviewed factors influencing user adherence to Mobile Health (mHealth) apps for more effective digital health interventions.

Researchers from FHT & ETH Zurich reviewed and evaluated intention detection strategies for upper limb robotic orthoses.

Using a machine learning approach, FHT researchers and their co-authors develop a means to identify people at high risk of falls.

FHT researchers and co-authors reviewed mobile apps for type 2 diabetes prevention and management offered by digital health companies and investigated the gaps and opportunities.

Analysing the current trends and uses of wearable robotics, researchers from FHT & ETH Zurich recommend guidelines for user-​centered design.

Future Health Technologies researchers and co-authors investigate how to improve the accuracy of hip fracture risk assessment to avoid the resultant high socio-economic costs.

How does a behavioural science perspective – executed through a chatbot – reduce the negative impacts of Covid-19 lockdowns on the individual's well-being and lifestyle?

Researchers from ETH Zurich and FHT conducted a systematic app review to evaluate on how they address and measure symptoms of depression.

Giorgio Colombo and his co-researchers prove how changes in perspective alter people’s spatial understanding of their surroundings in a VR experiment.

Bernadette Richards and her co-authors argue for a flexible and principled approach to the challenges of regulation of technology in health care

FHT researchers have developed a robotics-based method to accurately profile sensory and motor hand impairments in stroke patients, which might help medical professionals tailor therapies and monitor recovery.

How can long-term brain computer interface training be improved for real-time application? Scientists from Future Health Technologies and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, share their design considerations.

How can neurorehabilitation be improved in times of a pandemic and beyond? Future Health Technologies (FHT) researchers reviewed the current literature and defined requirements for shifting therapy from health care institutions towards homes.

How can adherence to home exercises for some chronic conditions be improved? FHT researchers implemented a novel coaching concept of hybrid ubiquitous coaching (HUC) using a holographic conversational agent.

Prof. Tamra Lysaght and Prof. E Shyong Tai examine ethical concerns of Singaporeans on sharing health-data for precision medicine (PM) and identify suggestions for governance strategies.