JOURNAL ARTICLE

A wearable system for pre-impact fall detection

M.N. NyanFrancis E. H. TayEuan Murugasu

Year: 2008 Journal:   Journal of Biomechanics Vol: 41 (16)Pages: 3475-3481   Publisher: Elsevier BV
Keywords:
Torso Wearable computer Accelerometer Simulation Accidental fall Physical medicine and rehabilitation Kinematics Computer science Inertial measurement unit Inflatable Falling (accident) Medicine Artificial intelligence Engineering Embedded system Structural engineering Surgery Physics Anatomy

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Topics

Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
Health Sciences →  Health Professions →  Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Gait Recognition and Analysis
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Biomedical Engineering
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