A fall detection and near-fall data collection system

Author

Dinh, A. ; Teng, D. ; Chen, L. ; Shi, Y. ; McCrosky, C. ; Basran, J. ; Bello-Hass, V. Del ; Ko, S.B. ; Ralhan, A. ; Williams, D. ; Windels, N. ; Choudhury, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK

fYear

2008

fDate

15-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

117

Lastpage

120

Abstract

The FANFARE project has developed a system to fulfill the need for a wearable device to collect data for fall analysis. The system consists of a computer and a wireless sensor network to measure, display and store fall related parameters such as postural activities and heart rate variability. Ease of use and low power were considered in the design. The system was built and successfully tested. Medical community now has the tool to collect and analyze fall related data for the purpose of detection and prevention of unintentional falls.

Keywords

biomedical electronics; geriatrics; low-power electronics; fall analysis; fall detection; heart rate variability; medical community; near-fall data collection system; postural activities; wearable device; wireless sensor network; Accelerometers; Biomedical monitoring; Computer displays; Computer networks; Condition monitoring; Data analysis; Heart rate variability; Patient monitoring; Senior citizens; Wireless sensor networks; Zigbee; data collection; fall detection; near-fall; wireless sensors nestwork;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference, 2008. MNRC 2008. 1st

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2920-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2921-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MNRC.2008.4683392

Filename

4683392