Patent ID: 8764532

Claim:
A fall and/or concussion prediction system comprising, in combination: a measurement assembly configured to receive a subject, the measurement assembly including: a surface for receiving at least one portion of a body of a subject, at least one measurement device, the at least one measurement device configured to sense one or more measured quantities and output one or more signals that are generated based upon the subject's contact with the surface; a visual display device, the visual display device configured to display an interactive game, a virtual reality scenario, and/or an immersive graphic environment that is visible to the subject; and a data processing device operatively coupled to the at least one measurement device of the measurement assembly and the visual display device, the data processing device configured to receive the one or more signals that are generated based upon the subject's contact with the surface of the measurement assembly and to compute one or more numerical values using the one or more signals, the data processing device being configured to control the movement of at least one manipulatable element of the interactive game, the virtual reality scenario, and/or the immersive graphic environment displayed on the visual display device by using the one or more computed numerical values, the at least one manipulatable element being capable of affecting the motion of an object as it moves across the visual display device, the data processing device further configured to quantify a subject's performance while playing the interactive game, or while interacting with the virtual reality scenario and/or the immersive graphic environment, using one or more performance parameters, and to assess the probability that the subject will fall and/or predict whether or not the subject has sustained a concussion by using the one or more performance parameters.