Research of fall detection and fall prevention technologies: A systematic review

L Ren, Y Peng - IEEE access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Falls are abnormal activity events that occur infrequently; however, they are serious health
problems among elderly individuals. With the advancements of technologies, falls have …

Challenges, issues and trends in fall detection systems

R Igual, C Medrano, I Plaza - Biomedical engineering online, 2013 - Springer
Since falls are a major public health problem among older people, the number of systems
aimed at detecting them has increased dramatically over recent years. This work presents …

[HTML][HTML] UP-fall detection dataset: A multimodal approach

L Martínez-Villaseñor, H Ponce, J Brieva, E Moya-Albor… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Falls, especially in elderly persons, are an important health problem worldwide. Reliable fall
detection systems can mitigate negative consequences of falls. Among the important …

RT-Fall: A real-time and contactless fall detection system with commodity WiFi devices

H Wang, D Zhang, Y Wang, J Ma… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the design and implementation of RT-Fall, a real-time, contactless, low-
cost yet accurate indoor fall detection system using the commodity WiFi devices. RT-Fall …

Wifall: Device-free fall detection by wireless networks

Y Wang, K Wu, LM Ni - IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Injuries that are caused by falls have been regarded as one of the major health threats to the
independent living for the elderly. Conventional fall detection systems have various …

Noninvasive human activity recognition using millimeter-wave radar

C Yu, Z Xu, K Yan, YR Chien, SH Fang… - IEEE Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The millimeter-wave (mmWave) radar technology has attracted significant attention because
it is susceptible to environmental lighting, wall shielding, and privacy concern. This article …

Home camera-based fall detection system for the elderly

K De Miguel, A Brunete, M Hernando, E Gambao - Sensors, 2017 - mdpi.com
Falls are the leading cause of injury and death in elderly individuals. Unfortunately, fall
detectors are typically based on wearable devices, and the elderly often forget to wear them …

A survey on fall detection: Principles and approaches

M Mubashir, L Shao, L Seed - Neurocomputing, 2013 - Elsevier
Fall detection is a major challenge in the public health care domain, especially for the
elderly, and reliable surveillance is a necessity to mitigate the effects of falls. The technology …

[PDF][PDF] Indoor positioning technologies

R Mautz - 2012 - research-collection.ethz.ch
In the age of automation the ability to navigate persons and devices in indoor environments
has become increasingly important for a rising number of applications. With the emergence …

[HTML][HTML] Detecting falls with wearable sensors using machine learning techniques

AT Özdemir, B Barshan - Sensors, 2014 - mdpi.com
Falls are a serious public health problem and possibly life threatening for people in fall risk
groups. We develop an automated fall detection system with wearable motion sensor units …