Sensitivity and false alarm rate of a fall sensor in long-term fall detection in the elderly

Gerontology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 61-68

  Kangas, Maarit ^a,b   Korpelainen, Raija ^a,b,c   Vikman, Irene ^d   Nyberg, Lars ^d   Jämsä, Timo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Fall detector; Frequent faller; Older people; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; ALARM MONITOR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FALLING; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; STANDARDS;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84919859862     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362720     Document Type: Article

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