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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2007-01-01
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Series: | EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/27421 |