Fall risk assessments based on postural and dynamic stability using inertial measurement unit

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 192-198

  Liu, Jian ^a   Zhang, Xiaoyue ^b   Lockhart, Thurmon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fall risk; Local dynamic stability; Postural stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879015711     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5491/SHAW.2012.3.3.192     Document Type: Article

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