Prediction of foot clearance parameters as a precursor to forecasting the risk of tripping and falling

Human Movement Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-283

  Lai, Daniel T H ^a   Taylor, Simon B ^a   Begg, Rezaul K ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Gait analysis; Prevention; Time series prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FOOT; FOOT TO GROUND CLEARANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREADMILL; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; FOOT; FORECASTING; GAIT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); POSTURAL BALANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84861340608     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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