Operationalizing a wireless wearable fall detection sensor for older adults

Tamrat, Tigest and Kachnowski, Stan and Rupcic, Sonia and Griffin, Margaret and Taylor, Tom Taylor and Barfield, James (2012) Operationalizing a wireless wearable fall detection sensor for older adults. In: Situation Recognition and Medical Data Analysis in Pervasive Health Environments.

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Abstract

Falls are the leading cause of disability and injury- related deaths among older adults, resulting in over 1.6 million annual emergency hospitalizations in the United States. Fall detection devices often rely on dramatized falls when developing algorithms. This study used tri-axial accelerometers wo

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Date Deposited: 04 Mar 2026 09:39
Last Modified: 18 Apr 2026 00:56
URI: http://eprints.eai.eu/id/eprint/7554

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