A review of wearable technologies for elderly care that can accurately track indoor position, recognize physical activities and monitor vital signs in real time

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Zhihua ^a,b   Yang, Zhaochu ^a   Dong, Tao ^c  

^a CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elderly care; Human activity recognition; Indoor positioning; Vital sign monitoring; Wearable technologies

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEMS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ACTIVITY RECOGNITION; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTHCARE SERVICES; HUMAN ACTIVITY RECOGNITION; INDOOR POSITIONING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; VITAL SIGN MONITORING;

WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

AGED; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; TELEMEDICINE;

AGED; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMEDICINE; WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES;

EID: 85012226089     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17020341     Document Type: Review

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