• A clinically assisted collaborative system architecture for preventing falls in elderly people 

      Orozco, Javier; Santos, Rodrigo; Ochoa, Sergio; Meseguer Pallarès, Roc; Baloian, Nelson (2014)
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      Falls in older adults are not only frequent but also potentially disabling for them. Detecting and preventing these falls have an important impact in the life of the elderly people. This paper presents the architecture ...
    • Ambulatory mobility characterization using body inertial system: an applicatio to fall detection 

      Torrent Poch, Marc; Bourke, Alan; Llanas Parra, Francesc Xavier; Català Mallofré, Andreu (2009)
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      The aim of this paper is to study the use of a prototype of wearable device for long term monitoring of gait and balance using inertial sensors. First, it is focused on the design of the device that can be used all day ...
    • Ambulatory mobility characterization using body inertial system: an application to fall detection 

      Torrent Poch, Marc; Bourke, Alan; Llanas Parra, Francesc Xavier; Català Mallofré, Andreu (Springer Verlag, 2009)
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      The aim of this paper is to study the use of a prototype of wearable device for long term monitoring of gait and balance using inertial sensors. First, it is focused on the design of the device that can be used all day ...
    • An approach to gait analysis from human-rollator interaction: the i-Walker 

      Cortés Martínez, Atia; Ojeda, Maribel; Béjar Alonso, Javier; Martínez Velasco, Antonio Benito (Ios Press, 2018)
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      Falls are one of the main causes of injury and injury-related deaths in the older demographic sector. During the last decade, several solutions have been proposed for fall detection or prevention, but also to assist old ...
    • Reducing fall risk with combined motor and cognitive training in elderly fallers 

      Barban, Francesco; Annicchiarico, Roberta; Melideo, Matteo; Barrué Subirana, Cristian; Cortés García, Claudio Ulises; Cortés Martínez, Atia (2017-02-10)
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      Background. Falling is a major clinical problem in elderly people, demanding effective solutions. At present, the only effective intervention is motor training of balance and strength. Executive function-based training ...
    • Walking stick with disease detection 

      Bin Zaikuan, Eizzat Ayman (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07-06)
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      Nowadays there are many patients of heart-attack and stroke especially in the elderly community. When a heart-attack occurs, the patient needs to be treated right away. Study shows that the ambulance seldom arrives late ...