Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system
Accidental falling among elderly people has become a public health concern. Thus, there is a need for systems that can detect falls when it happens. This paper presents a portable real-time remote health monitoring system that can remotely monitor patient's movements. The system is designed and...
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| author | Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Agel, Mabruka Mohamed Zyoud, Al-Hareth |
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| description | Accidental falling among elderly people has become a public health concern. Thus, there is a need for systems that can detect falls when it happens. This paper presents a portable real-time remote health monitoring system that can remotely monitor patient's movements. The system is designed and implemented using ZigBee wireless technologies, and the data is analyzed using MATLAB. The purpose of this research is to determine the acceleration tresholds for fall detection using tri-axial accelerometer readings at the head, waist and knee. Seven voluntary subjects performed perpuseful falls and activities of daily living (ADL). The results indicated that measurements from the waist and head can accurately detect falls; the sensitivity and reliability measurements of fall detection ranged between 80% and 90%. In contrast, the measurements showed that the knee is not a useful position for fall detection. |
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| spelling | iium-493632017-01-05T07:19:06Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/49363/ Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Agel, Mabruka Mohamed Zyoud, Al-Hareth TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television Accidental falling among elderly people has become a public health concern. Thus, there is a need for systems that can detect falls when it happens. This paper presents a portable real-time remote health monitoring system that can remotely monitor patient's movements. The system is designed and implemented using ZigBee wireless technologies, and the data is analyzed using MATLAB. The purpose of this research is to determine the acceleration tresholds for fall detection using tri-axial accelerometer readings at the head, waist and knee. Seven voluntary subjects performed perpuseful falls and activities of daily living (ADL). The results indicated that measurements from the waist and head can accurately detect falls; the sensitivity and reliability measurements of fall detection ranged between 80% and 90%. In contrast, the measurements showed that the knee is not a useful position for fall detection. The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Japan 2016-02-01 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/49363/1/e99-b_2_385.pdf Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi and Agel, Mabruka Mohamed and Zyoud, Al-Hareth (2016) Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system. IEICE Transactions on Communications, E99-B (2). pp. 385-391. ISSN 1745-1345 http://search.ieice.org/bin/summary.php?id=e99-b_2_385&category=&year=2016&lang=E&abst= 10.1587/transcom.2015EBP3157 |
| spellingShingle | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television Habaebi, Mohamed Hadi Agel, Mabruka Mohamed Zyoud, Al-Hareth Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system |
| title | Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system |
| title_full | Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system |
| title_fullStr | Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system |
| title_short | Performance of ZigBee based fall detection alarm system |
| title_sort | performance of zigbee based fall detection alarm system |
| topic | TK5101 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, radio, radar, television |
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