Evaluation of a fall detector based on accelerometers: A pilot study

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 548-551

  Lindemann, Ulrich ^a,b   Hock, A ^c   Stuber, M ^c   Keck, W ^c   Becker, C ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c ULM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Accidental falls; Fall detector

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DETECTORS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; FALL DETECTOR; FALL-RELATED INJURIES; HEARING-AID HOUSING; SUM-VECTOR;

HEARING AIDS;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING AID; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSOR;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 29244476234     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02351026     Document Type: Article

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