Better than Counting Seconds: Identifying Fallers among Healthy Elderly using Fusion of Accelerometer Features and Dual-Task Timed Up and Go

Devices and sensors for identification of fallers can be used to implement actions to prevent falls and to allow the elderly to live an independent life while reducing the long-term care costs. In this study we aimed to investigate the accuracy of Timed Up and Go test, for fallers' identificati...

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Veröffentlicht in:	arXiv.org 2017-04
Hauptverfasser:	Ponti, Moacir, Bet, Patricia, Oliveira, Caroline, Castro, Paula C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accelerometers Cognitive tasks Computer Science - Computers and Society Epidemiology Feature extraction Functional testing Older people Performance enhancement Segmentation Sensors
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