Daily activity monitoring for prevention of pressure ulcers in long-term wheelchair users

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 9456, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-58

  Arias, Diego E ^a   Pino, Esteban J ^a   Aqueveque, Pablo ^a   Curtis, Dorothy W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity monitoring; Assistive device; Caregiver; Disability; Electric powered wheelchair; Mobile health care; Monitoring system; Pressure relief; Pressure ulcer; Tilt in space

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DISEASES;

ACTIVITY MONITORING; ASSISTIVE DEVICES; CAREGIVER; DISABILITY; ELECTRIC POWERED WHEELCHAIRS; MOBILE HEALTH CARE; MONITORING SYSTEM; PRESSURE RELIEF; PRESSURE ULCERS; TILT-IN-SPACE;

WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 84954153443     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26508-7_5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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