Smartphone-based solutions for fall detection and prevention: Challenges and open issues

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 7181-7208

  Ashfak Habib, Mohammad ^a,b   Mohktar, Mas S ^a   Bahyah Kamaruzzaman, Shahrul ^a   Seang Lim, Kheng ^a   Maw Pin, Tan ^a   Ibrahim, Fatimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CHITTAGONG UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Elderly; Fall detection; Fall prevention; Pervasive computing; Smartphone; Ubiquitous computing

Indexed keywords

HEALTH HAZARDS; RESEARCH; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

ELDERLY; FALL DETECTION; FALL PREVENTION; SENSING UNIT;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 84899131295     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140407181     Document Type: Review

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