A footswitch evaluation of the gait of elderly fallers with and without a diagnosis of Orthostatic Hypotension and healthy elderly controls

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5101-5104

  Barrett, A ^a   O'Connor, M ^b   Culhane, K ^c   Finucane, A M ^d   OLaighin G ^b   Lyons, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d St Camillus' Hospital   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

CONTROL GROUPS; ELDERLY PERSONS; FOOTSWITCH; GAIT ABNORMALITIES; GAIT PATTERN; GAIT VARIABILITY; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR ABNORMALITIES;

DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 61849129577     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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