Body-worn sensor based surrogates of minimum ground clearance in elderly fallers and controls

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 6499-6502

  Greene, Barry R ^a   McGrath, Denise ^b   Foran, Timothy G ^c   Doheny, Emer P ^a   Caulfield, Brian ^b  

^a Leixlip House Hotel   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY-WORN SENSORS; GROUND CLEARANCE; INERTIAL SENSOR; SOCIETAL COSTS; SURROGATE METHODS; WEAK CORRELATION;

ANGULAR VELOCITY; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

SENSORS;

AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WALKING;

EID: 84864575942     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091732     Document Type: Conference Paper

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