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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.
Published in:
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2004. IEMBS '04. 26th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
(Volume:1
)
Date of Conference: 1-5 Sept. 2004
- Page(s):
- 2180 - 2183
- Print ISBN:
- 0-7803-8439-3
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 8255193
- Conference Location :
- San Francisco, CA
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/IEMBS.2004.1403637
- Product Type:
- Conference Publications
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