Sensor-based fall risk assessment - an expert 'to go'

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 420-426

  Marschollek, Michael ^a   Rehwald, A ^a   Wolf, K H ^a   Gietzelt, M ^a   Nemitz, G ^b   Meyer zu Schwabedissen, H ^b   Haux, R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b Braunschweig Medical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Assisted living facilities; Motor activity; Sensors

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; ALGORITHM; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BIOMECHANICS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960841982     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3414/ME10-01-0040     Document Type: Article

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