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 a major health risk that diminish the quality of life among elderly people. With the
elderly population surging, especially with aging “baby boomers”, fall detection becomes …

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 …

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 …

Since falls are a major public health problem among older people, the number of systems
aimed at detecting them has increased dramatically over recent years. This work presents …

Falls are identified as a major health risk not only for the elderly but also for people with
neurodegenerative diseases, such as epilepsy, and are considered as a major obstacle to …

Fall detection is a major challenge in the public health care domain, especially for the
elderly, and reliable surveillance is a necessity to mitigate the effects of falls. The technology …

Accepted: 5 October 2019 Accidental falls have become one of the most frequent general
health issues in recent years due to the rate of occurrence. Individuals aged above 65 are …

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 …

Robust and reliable detection of falls is crucial especially for elderly activity monitoring
systems. In this letter, we present a fall detection system using wearable devices, eg …