Development of a Wearable-Sensor-Based Fall Detection System

Fall detection is a major challenge in the public healthcare domain, especially for the elderly as the decline of their physical fitness, and timely and reliable surveillance is necessary to mitigate the negative effects of falls. This paper develops a novel fall detection system based on a wearable...

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Main Authors: Wu, Falin, Zhao, Hengyang, Zhao, Yan, Zhong, Haibo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346101/