A system for ubiquitous fall monitoring at home via a wireless sensor network and a wearable mote

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 5566-5575

  Paoli, Roberto ^a   Fernández Luque, Francisco J ^b   Doménech, Ginés ^c   Martínez, Félix ^c   Zapata, Juan ^c   Ruiz, Ramón ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Edificio CEEIM ^*  (Spain)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Activities of daily living; Fall detection; Falls in the elderly; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION PATTERN; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; DAILY ACTIVITY; EARLY DETECTION; ECONOMIC PROBLEMS; FALL DETECTION; FALLS IN THE ELDERLY; FIXED NODES; HETEROGENEOUS SENSORS; HIGH RELIABILITY; KEY FACTORS; NON-INTRUSIVE; OLDER POPULATION; PHYSICAL INJURIES; PRIMARY CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REASONER; SERIOUS INJURIES; SUPPORT SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR; WIRELESS SENSOR NODE;

ACCELEROMETERS; ACCIDENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS;

SENSOR NODES;

EID: 84855879122     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2011.11.061     Document Type: Article

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