Fall detection monitoring systems: a comprehensive review

P Vallabh, R Malekian - Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized …, 2018 - Springer
The increase in elderly population especially in the developed countries and the number of
elderly people living alone can result in increased healthcare costs which can cause a huge …

Type and location of wearable sensors for monitoring falls during static and dynamic tasks in healthy elderly: a review

R Rucco, A Sorriso, M Liparoti, G Ferraioli, P Sorrentino… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
In recent years, the meaning of successful living has moved from extending lifetime to
improving the quality of aging, mainly in terms of high cognitive and physical functioning …

A systematic review on machine learning for fall detection system

S Rastogi, J Singh - Computational intelligence, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fall is a major threat to the health and life of the elders. A Fall Detection System (FDS) assist
the elders by identifying the fall and save their life. Machine Learning‐(ML) based FDS has …

REDECA: a novel framework to review artificial intelligence and its applications in occupational safety and health

M Pishgar, SF Issa, M Sietsema, P Pratap… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Introduction: The field of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly expanding, with many
applications seen routinely in health care, industry, and education, and increasingly in …

E-textiles for healthy ageing

K Yang, B Isaia, LJE Brown, S Beeby - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
The ageing population has grown quickly in the last half century with increased longevity
and declining birth rate. This presents challenges to health services and the wider society …

A footwear-based methodology for fall detection

L Montanini, A Del Campo, D Perla… - IEEE Sensors …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic fall detection is an active research area since several years. Basically, this is
motivated by the impact that falls have, in terms of mortality, morbidity, and social costs …

A study of the use of gyroscope measurements in wearable fall detection systems

E Casilari, M Álvarez-Marco, F García-Lagos - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Due to the serious impact of falls on the quality of life of the elderly and on the economical
sustainability of health systems, the study of new monitoring systems capable of …

Identification and classification of factors affecting the non-use of safety harness at height among construction workers in Tehran

P Sepehr, M Eshaghi, M Jabbari, H Sadeghi Naeini… - PLoS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Introduction The accident of falling from a height is high among construction workers.
Construction workers do not use harnesses. Thus, the present study was conducted to …

A smartphone-based solution to monitor daily physical activity in a care home

P Joosen, D Piette, J Buekers… - … of telemedicine and …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction In an ageing population, increasing chronic disease prevalence puts a high
economic burden on society. Physical activity plays an important role in disease prevention …

[HTML][HTML] Falls and associated factors among adolescents and young adults with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

JM Sions, M Donohoe, EH Beisheim… - … journal of rare …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Falls research among individuals with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
(AMC), a group of congenital conditions characterized by joint contractures in two or more …