Falls in older people: The place of telemonitoring in rehabilitation

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1183-1194

  Horton, Khim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Bed occupancy sensor; Community setting; Fall detector; Falls; Fear of falling; Observational study; Older people; Rehabilitation; Telemonitoring

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE DEVICES; BED OCCUPANCY SENSOR; COMMUNITY SETTING; FALL DETECTOR; FALLS; FEAR OF FALLING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OLDER PEOPLE; REHABILITATION; TELEMONITORING;

ALARM SYSTEMS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

SENSORS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELEMONITORING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; HOME ACCIDENT; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; TELEMETRY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SELF-HELP DEVICES; TELEMETRY;

EID: 65549148070     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2007.09.0152     Document Type: Article

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