Estimating fall risk with inertial sensors using gait stability measures that do not require step detection

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 170-174

  Riva, F ^a   Toebes, M J P ^b   Pijnappels, M ^b   Stagni, R ^a   van Dieen J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fall history; Multiscale entropy; Recurrence quantification; Stability quantification; Treadmill walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTROPY; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; GAIT; HARMONIC RATIO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDEX OF HARMONICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTISCALE ENTROPY; PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENCE QUANTIFICATION ANALYSIS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRUNK; WALKING;

FALL HISTORY; MULTISCALE ENTROPY; RECURRENCE QUANTIFICATION; STABILITY QUANTIFICATION; TREADMILL WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TORSO;

EID: 84880038168     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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