Fall-risk screening system framework for physiotherapy care of elderly

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8859-8864

  Rueangsirarak, W ^a,b,c   Atkins, A S ^a   Sharp, B ^a   Chakpitak, N ^b   Meksamoot, K ^b  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAE FAH LUANG UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Case based reasoning; Elderly falling risks; Motion capture technology

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; CASE BASED REASONING SYSTEMS; CURRENT SUPPLIES; DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS; HEALTH SERVICES; INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; OLDER PEOPLE; OLDER POPULATION; SCREENING SYSTEM;

CASE BASED REASONING; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSICAL THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84859219031     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.02.023     Document Type: Article

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