Smartphone-based applications for investigating falls and mobility

2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 258-261

  Tacconi, Carlo ^a   Mellone, Sabato ^a   Chiari, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Android; elderly oriented application; fall detection; fall risk assessment; Smartphone application; Timed Up and Go test

Indexed keywords

ANDROID; ELDERLY ORIENTED APPLICATION; FALL DETECTION; FALL RISK; SMART PHONES; TIMED-UP-AND-GO TEST;

ACCELEROMETERS; EMBEDDED SOFTWARE; HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE TESTING; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

SIGNAL ENCODING;

EID: 80054902703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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