Daily activities and fall risk - A follow-up study to identify relevant activities for sensor-based fall risk assessment

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 160, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages 68-72

  Marschollek, Michael ^a   Rehwald, Anja ^a   Gietzelt, Matthias ^a   Song, Bianying ^a   Wolf, Klaus Hendrik ^a   Haux, Reinhold ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Assisted living facilities; Motor activity; Sensors

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED LIVING; SENSORS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; FALLS IN THE ELDERLIES; INTENSITY OF LIGHT; MINIATURE SENSORS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78649522951     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-588-4-68     Document Type: Conference Paper

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