Title :
Preliminary evaluation of a full-time falling monitor for the elderly
Author :
Díaz, A. ; Prado, M. ; Roa, L.M. ; Reina-Tosina, J. ; Sánchez, G.
Author_Institution :
Biomedical Eng. Group, Seville Univ., Spain
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.
Keywords :
accelerometers; biomechanics; geriatrics; intelligent sensors; patient monitoring; elderly; fast walking; full-time falling monitor; intelligent accelerometer unit; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical monitoring; Event detection; Intelligent sensors; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Senior citizens; Accelerometry; distributed architecture; falls; movement monitor; personalized healthcare;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8439-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403637