Fall Risk Assessment and Prevention Using Wearables

Each year about 1/3 of elderly aged 65 or older experience a fall. Many of these falls may have been avoided if fall risk assessment and prevention tools where available in a daily living situation. We identify what kind of information is relevant to do fall risk assessment using wearable sensors in...

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Published inAmbient Assisted Living. ICT-based Solutions in Real Life Situations pp. 185 - 195
Main Authors Danielsen, Asbjørn, Bremdal, Bernt Arild, Olofsen, Hans
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 2015
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Daily living
Fall prevention
Fall prevention tool
Fall risk assessment
Fall risk awareness protocol
Wearable sensors
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ISBN3319264095
9783319264097
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-26410-3_18

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Summary:Each year about 1/3 of elderly aged 65 or older experience a fall. Many of these falls may have been avoided if fall risk assessment and prevention tools where available in a daily living situation. We identify what kind of information is relevant to do fall risk assessment using wearable sensors in a daily living environment by investigating current research. Based on our findings we propose a fall risk awareness protocol as a fall prevention tool.
ISBN:3319264095
9783319264097
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-26410-3_18