Exercise Program Designs for Older Adults
Lisa W. Boyette, M.Ed. & James E. Boyette, M.S.I.C.S.
VA Rehab R&D Merit Review # E825-RA

Description:
Expert system software that creates customized exercise plans for older adults: To determine the exercise prescription, the EES considers the older adult's health status, contraindications to specific types of exercises, social circumstances, and lifestyle. The goal is to provide the health care practitioner with the knowledge and resources to provide an individualized exercise prescription that is most likely to be followed and to be effective.

Technology Transfer Process:
The National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) is assisting the VA researchers in finding commercial CRADA and/or licensing partners.

Several companies have expressed in the EES software and have signed a three-way Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA) with the VA and the NTTC.

The NTTC will play the role of advisor and facilitator to the VA and the researchers as the interest in the technology materializes into a partnership.