An interactive fall and loss of consciousness detector system

Gait and Posture

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 699-702

  Quagliarella, L ^a   Sasanelli, N ^a   Belgiovine, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; ADL; Elderly; Falls; Loss of consciousness

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER SENSOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE DESIGN; TELEMETRY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 52049124776     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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