Evaluation of fall detection for the elderly on a variety of subject groups

i-CREATe 2009 - International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Jantaraprim, Patimakorn ^a   Phukpattaranont, Pornchai ^a   Limsakul, Chusak ^a   Wongkittisuksa, Booncharoen ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fall detection; The elderly

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

FALL DETECTION; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 70449657083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1592700.1592713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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