| Literature DB >> 17272157 |
A Diaz1, M Prado, L M Roa, J Reina-Tosina, G Sanchez.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Year: 2004 PMID： 17272157 DOI： 10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403637
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc ISSN： 1557-170X