Smartphone-based solutions for fall detection and prevention: the FARSEEING approach

• Published in: Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie Vol. 45; no. 8; pp. 722 - 727
• Main Authors: Mellone, S., Tacconi, C., Schwickert, L., Klenk, J., Becker, C., Chiari, L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.12.2012
• Subjects: Accelerometry - instrumentation; Accidental Falls - prevention & control; Aged; Aging; Algorithms; Automatic Data Processing - instrumentation; Beiträge zum Themenschwerpunkt; Cell Phone - instrumentation; Clinical Alarms; Data Display; Equipment Design; Europe; Female; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Humans; Internal Medicine; Magnetometry - instrumentation; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Risk Assessment - methods; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation; Social Sciences; Software; User-Computer Interface; Fall prevention; Timed Up and Go test; Sturzdetektion; Sturzprävention; Smartphone; Fall detection; Timed-Up-and-Go-Test; Monitoring

Falls are not an inevitable consequence of aging. The risk and rate of falls can be reduced. Recent improvements in smartphone technology enable implementation of a wide variety of services and applications, thus making the smartphone more of a digital companion than simply a communication tool. Thi...