Evaluation of waist-mounted tri-axial accelerometer based fall-detection algorithms during scripted and continuous unscripted activities

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3051-3057

  Bourke, A K ^a,b   van de Ven, P ^a   Gamble, M ^a   O'Connor, R ^a   Murphy, K ^a,c   Bogan, E ^c   McQuade, E ^a   Finucane, P ^a   OLaighin G ^b   Nelson, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Mid Western Health Board   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; ADL; Fall profile; Fall detection; Falls in the elderly; Impact; Posture; Sum vector signal; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADL; FALL PROFILE; FALL-DETECTION; FALLS IN THE ELDERLY; IMPACT; POSTURE; SUM-VECTOR;

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; VELOCITY;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECELERATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VELOCITY; WAKEFULNESS;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTURAL BALANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149280029     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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