Falls can be severe enough to cause disabilities especially to frail populations. Thus, prompt
health care provision is essential to prevent and restore any harm. The purpose of this study …

Falls are a major cause of health and psychological problems as well as hospitalization
costs among older adults. Thus, the investigation on automatic Fall Detection Systems …

Fall detection is receiving significant attention in the field of preventive medicine, wellness
management and assisted living, especially for the elderly. As a result, several fall detection …

This paper presents a pervasive fall detection system on smart phones which can monitor
the elderly activities and identifies the occurrence of falls. The proposed pervasive fall …

Falling, and the fear of falling, is a serious health problem among the elderly. It often results
in physical and mental injuries that have the potential to severely reduce their mobility …

The aspiration of this article is to develop an Android application that can detect potential
falls in the elderly. Android is a free and open source operating system. Being an open …

Due to their widespread popularity, decreasing costs, built-in sensors, computing power and
communication capabilities, Android-based personal devices are being seen as an …

Common fall occurrences in the elderly population pose dramatic challenges in public
healthcare domain. Adoption of an efficient and yet highly reliable automatic fall detection …

Falls are a major health risk that diminishes the quality of life among the elderly people. The
importance of fall detection increases as the elderly population surges, especially with aging …

Falls are considered the main cause of fear and loss of independence among the elderly
population and are also a major cause of morbidity, disability and health care utilization. In …