Real-world accuracy and use of a wearable fall detection device by older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2415-2416

  Chaudhuri, Shomir ^a   Oudejans, Daan ^b   Thompson, Hilaire J ^a   Demiris, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUTOMATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FALL DETECTION DEVICE; FALLING; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETOMETER; MEDICAL DEVICE; AGED; DEVICES; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84948404796     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13804     Document Type: Letter

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