Fall Risks Assessment and Fall Prediction Among Community Dwelling Elderly Using Wearable Wireless Sensors

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• Personal Author:
  Lockhart T ; Wu X ; Yeoh HT
• Description:
  This study examines the predictive ability of fall risks among community dwelling elderly using wearable wireless sensors. Forty-eight community-dwelling elderly (17 non-fallers and 31 fallers) participated in the study. Timed up and go test, sit-to-stand test and ten-meter walking test were carried out. Activitiesspecific Balance Confidence (ABC) Scale was also obtained. The results showed fairly good predictive ability of fall risks among older adults, with stance time, walking velocity and timed up and go time being promising of indicating fall risks. Further investigation is warranted to better understand the signals from the wearable sensors and justify the model. Larger sample size is also warranted to validate the model. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Aging Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Age Groups Falls Risk Factors Sensors Slips, Trips, And Falls STF Wearable Technologies
• ISBN:
  9780945289432
• ISSN:
  1071-1813
• Publisher:
  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  109-113
• Volume:
  57
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055476
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 57th Annual Meeting, September 30-October 4, 2013, San Diego, California. Santa Monica, CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2013 Sep; 57:109-113
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Services
• Performing Organization:
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 57th Annual Meeting, September 30-October 4, 2013, San Diego, California
• End Date:
  20140831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:13c50348edd7192a733c6496e75e706cf0f47c684b220e4b49874a82cd7ef4d0702a8b506bdc2452b5e153a7d3fb143c96d4b4766b6c96940676bf4473031f2d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213314/cdc_213314_DS1.pdf
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