Toward the design of a wearable system for fall-risk detection in telerehabilitation

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 296-299

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a   Morelli, Sandra ^a   MacCioni, Giovanni ^a   Costantini, Giovanni ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fall risk detection; Stroke; Telerehabilitation

Indexed keywords

CAMERA IMAGES; CLOSED LOOPS; FALL RISKS; FALL-RISK DETECTION; HOMECARE; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS; MEDICAL PROTOCOLS; MONITORING TOOLS; MOTION ACTIVITIES; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; QUALITATIVE TESTS; REMOTE ASSESSMENTS; ROUTINE MONITORING; STROKE; TELEREHABILITATION; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; WEARABLE SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MONITORING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TELEMEDICINE; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT; WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; FALL RISK; FALLING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MOBILE PHONE; MONITORING; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMEDICINE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 65349179049     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2008.0106     Document Type: Article

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