GAL@home. A feasibility study of sensor-based in-home fall detection;GAL@home. Machbarkeitsstudie für die Sensor-basierte Sturzerkennung im feld

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 716-721

  Gietzelt, M ^a   Spehr, J ^a   Ehmen, Y ^b   Wegel, S ^b   Feldwieser, F ^b   Meis, M ^c   Marschollek, M ^a   Wolf, K H ^a   Steinhagen Thiessen, E ^b   Govercin M ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Hearing Centre Oldenburg GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fall; Fall detection; Field study; Optical sensor

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, HOME; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84870328826     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-012-0400-9     Document Type: Article

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