A proposal for the classification and evaluation of fall detectors

IRBM

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 340-349

  Noury, N ^a,b   Rumeau, P ^a,c   Bourke, A K ^d,e   OLaighin G ^d   Lundy, J E ^f,g  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES DE LYON   (France)

^c Serv Univ Psychiat l'Enfant l'A   (France)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering   (Ireland)

^f Emergency Unit ^*  (France)

^g Vigilio sa   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EVALUATION; FALL DETECTOR; FALLING; FRACTURE; INDEPENDENCE; MOTION; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SENSOR; STANDING;

EID: 61549108880     PISSN: 19590318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.irbm.2008.08.002     Document Type: Review

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