Analysis of commode grab bar usage for the monitoring of older adults in the smart home environment

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 6155-6158

  Arcelus, Amaya ^a   Holtzman, Megan ^a   Goubran, Rafik ^a   Sveistrup, Heidi ^b   Guitard, Paulette ^b   Knoefel, Frank ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMATION;

CLINICAL PARAMETERS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; FALL PREVENTION; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; SIT-TO-STAND; SMART HOMES; WEIGHT TRANSFER;

INTELLIGENT BUILDINGS;

EID: 77950987109     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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