Investigation of fall-risk using a wearable device with accelerometers and rate gyroscopes

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D rigid body position and orientation; Accelerometer; Accuracy; Fall prevention; Fallrisk; Gyroscopes; Human movement analysis; Patient monitoring; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FALL DETECTION; KINEMATICS; PATIENT MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

3D RIGID BODY POSITION AND ORIENTATION; ACCURACY; BODY ORIENTATION; BODY POSITIONS; FALL PREVENTION; FALLRISK; HUMAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; RIGID BODY; SIMULATION;

GYROSCOPES;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSOR; STABILOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ACCELERATION; ALGORITHM; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846074488     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/27/11/003     Document Type: Article

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