Background falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects
on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity …

Fall risk assessment and fall detection are crucial for the prevention of adverse and long-
term health outcomes. Wearable sensor systems have been used to assess fall risk and …

Background wearable sensors are often used to acquire data for gait analysis as a strategy
to study fall events, due to greater availability of acquisition platforms, and advances in …

Background Falls are a major health problem for older adults with significant physical and
psychological consequences. A first step of successful fall prevention is to identify those at …

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 …

Gait is one of the keys to functional independence. For a long-time, walking was considered
an automatic process involving minimal higher-level cognitive input. Indeed, walking does …

Falls among older adults substantially affect mobility, health, and mortality. However,
advancements in wireless and internet-of-things technologies have led to the development …

Objectives: We aimed to describe recent technologic advances in the three domains of
dementia care, falls, and home supports; summarize existing literature on usability; and …

Plantar pressure measurement plays an important role in monitoring health and sports
performance. Here, instead of embedding force sensitive resistors in the insole, we …

This paper presents a plantar pressure sensor system (P2S2) integrated in the insoles of
shoes to detect thirteen commonly used human movements including walking, stooping left …