Each year about 1/3 of elderly aged 65 or older experience a fall. Many of these falls may have been avoided if fall risk assessment and prevention tools where available in a daily living situation. We identify what kind of information is relevant to do fall risk assessment using wearable sensors in a daily living environment by investigating current research. Based on our findings we propose a fall risk awareness protocol as a fall prevention tool.
['Asbjørn Danielsen', 'Bernt Bremdal', 'Hans Olofsen']
Fall Risk Assessment and Prevention Using Wearables