Biomedical engineering for healthy ageing. Predictive tools for falls
Falls are common and burdensome accidents among the elderly. About one third of the population aged 65 years or more experience at least one fall each year. Fall risk assessment is believed to be beneficial for fall prevention. This thesis is about prognostic tools for falls for community-dwelling o...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | en |
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Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
2015
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Online Access: | http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/6960/ |