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 …

Wearable inertial sensors have been widely investigated for fall risk assessment and
prediction in older adults. However, heterogeneity in published studies in terms of sensor …

Falls can have devastating consequences for older people. We determined the relationship
between the likelihood of fall incidents and daily-life behavior. We used wearable sensors to …

The high fall rate of the elderly brings enormous challenges to families and the medical
system; therefore, early risk assessment and intervention are quite necessary. Compared to …

Recently, fall risk assessment has been a main focus in fall-related research. Wearable
sensors have been used to increase the objectivity of this assessment, building on the …

Gait and balance disorders are among the main predisposing factors of falls in elderly.
Clinical scales are widely employed to assess the risk of falling, but they require trained …

Over the past 50 years we have transitioned from accepting falls as an inevitable
consequence of ageing to something that can and should be prevented. Numerous studies …

Falls pose a major threat to the well-being and quality of life of older people. Falls can result
in fractures and other injuries, disability and fear and can trigger a decline in physical …

Background: During the last decades, health-enabling and ambient assistive technologies
became of considerable relevance for new informatics-based forms of diagnosis, prevention …

Objectives: As wearable sensors take the consumer market by storm, and medical device
manufacturers move to make their devices wireless and appropriate for ambulatory use, this …