Elderly risk assessment of falls with BSN

2010 International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 30-35

  King, R C ^a   Atallah, L ^a   Wong, C ^a   Miskelly, F ^b   Yang, G Z ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Balance assessment; Body sensor networks; Elderly faller

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSOR NETWORK; CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTHY CONTROLS; HOME ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL AGING; POTENTIAL VALUES;

HEALTH RISKS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SENSOR NETWORKS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955192302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2010.42     Document Type: Conference Paper

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