Fall detection and prevention for the elderly: A review of trends and challenges

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1230-1266

  El Bendary, Nashwa ^a,b   Tan, Qing ^a   Pivot, Frédérique C ^a   Lam, Anthony ^c  

^a ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b and Maritime Transport ^*  (Egypt)

^c Edmonton Chinatown Care Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

ELDERLY PEOPLE; FALL DETECTION; FALLS IN THE ELDERLIES; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS; PREDICTION SYSTEMS; PREVENTION SYSTEMS; STATE OF THE ART;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84886278973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11785608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21307/ijssis-2017-588     Document Type: Article

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