Preliminary evaluation of a full-time falling monitor for the elderly

The article presents the early outcomes of the evaluation of an intelligent accelerometer unit (IAU) utilized for detecting the falling events of elderly people . The overall design of the monitor where the IAU is integrated is briefly exposed. The outcomes of a laboratory study carried out over 8 v...

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Main Authors: Diaz, A., Prado, M., Roa, L.M., Reina-Tosina, J., Sanchez, G.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Accelerometers
Accelerometry
Biomedical measurements
Biomedical monitoring
distributed architecture
Event detection
falls
Intelligent sensors
Medical services
movement monitor
Patient monitoring
personalized healthcare
Remote monitoring
Senior citizens
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Summary:The article presents the early outcomes of the evaluation of an intelligent accelerometer unit (IAU) utilized for detecting the falling events of elderly people . The overall design of the monitor where the IAU is integrated is briefly exposed. The outcomes of a laboratory study carried out over 8 volunteers show that the device is able to distinguish true falling events from normal activities like fast walking or going up/downstairs. The influences of the subject and the environment have been taken into account profiting from the processing capacity of the monitor distributed architecture.
DOI:10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403637