Distinguishing fall activities from normal activities by angular rate characteristics and high-speed camera characterization

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 842-849

  Nyan, M N ^a   Tay, F E H ^a   Tan, A W Y ^a   Seah, K H W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fainting; Fall activities; Normal activities; Sideways and backward falls

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GYROSCOPES; SENSORS;

ELDERLY; FAINTING; FALL ACTIVITIES; NORMAL ACTIVITIES; SIDEWAYS AND BACKWARD FALLS;

HIGH SPEED CAMERAS;

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY POSITION; CAMERA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; LEG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCERS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33744505675     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.11.008     Document Type: Article

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