Towards falls prevention: A wearable wireless and battery-less sensing and automatic identification tag for real time monitoring of human movements.

Falls related injuries among elderly patients in hospitals or residents in residential care facilities is a significant problem that causes emotional and physical trauma to those involved while presenting a rising healthcare expense in countries such as Australia where the population is ageing. Nove...

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Main Authors: Ranasinghe, Damith, Shinmoto Torres, Roberto, Sample, Alanson, Smith, Joshua, Hill, Keith, Visvanathan, Renuka
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29390