Sensitivity and specificity of fall detection in people aged 40 years and over

Gait and Posture

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 571-574

  Kangas, Maarit ^a   Vikman, Irene ^b   Wiklander, Jimmie ^b   Lindgren, Per ^b   Nyberg, Lars ^b   Jämsä, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Hip fracture; Independent living; Movement analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PILOT PROJECTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63249132839     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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