The PARAChute Project: Remote Monitoring of Posture and Gait for Fall Prevention

Falls in the elderly are a major public health problem due to both their frequency and their medical and social consequences. In France alone, more than two million people aged over 65 years old fall each year, leading to more than 9 000 deaths, in particular in those over 75 years old (more tha...

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Main Authors: Anne Boyer, Jean Paysant, Michel Doussot, Hassan Amoud, Valérie Michel-Pellegrino, Jamal Saboune, François Charpillet, Jacques Duchêne, David J. Hewson, Jean-Yves Hogrel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2007-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/27421