Design and test of a long-term fall detection system incorporated into a custom vest for the elderly

IET Conference Publications

Volumn , Issue 539 CP, 2008, Pages 307-312

  Bourke, A K ^a   Van De Ven, P W J ^a   Chaya, A ^b   OLaighin, G ^b   Nelson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Bluetooth; Elderly; Long term fall detection

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BLUE-TOOTH MODULE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY ACTIVITY; DATA SETS; DETECTION ALGORITHM; ELDERLY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FALL DETECTION; FILLING IN; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LONG-TERM FALL-DETECTION; POSTURE DETECTION; SENSOR SYSTEMS; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; BLUETOOTH; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; MONITORING; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 67649947502     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20080680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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