Assessment of Fall Risk using a Pneumatic Pattern Generator

Author

Maccioni, G. ; Giansanti, D. ; Macellari, V.

Author_Institution

Ist. Superiore di Sanita, Rome

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

4934

Lastpage

4936

Abstract

This paper describes the design and construction of a new equipment for the fall risk investigation. It comprehends a portable device including 3 mono-axial accelerometers and 3 rate-gyroscopes which assesses the trunk sway and provides ( Giansanti et al 2005 IEEE Trans. Biomed. Eng.) and a pneumatic pressure variation pattern generator. The bench test successfully passed. Preliminar results indicates the feasibility of using the equipment as a tool for the assessment of the fall-risk.

Keywords

accelerometers; biomedical equipment; gyroscopes; mechanoception; pneumatic systems; risk management; bench test; fall risk assessment; mono-axial accelerometers; pneumatic pressure variation pattern generator; rate-gyroscopes; trunk sway assessment; Accelerometers; Aging; Circuits; Gyroscopes; IEEE members; Kinematics; Pressure control; Signal processing; Testing; Valves; Acceleration; Accidental Falls; Biomechanical Phenomena; Calibration; Humans; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353447

Filename

4353447