Wearable Assistive System Design for Fall Prevention
By: UCLA Researchers

Fall is the prevalent issue among the elderly, and fall risk assessment and
prevention are very important. Recent research discovers that bio-signal can
be used to forecast falls via the pre-warning information. However, assistive
devices for fall prevention are fully customized and difficult to implement
in terms of wearability. In the paper, we will introduce the framework to
design and implement wearable systems. Also we will present three case
studies: smart insole, smart cane, and smart headset to verify the feasibility
of our proposed method. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first
comprehensive literature for the discussion about fall prevention technology. 

Read the entire article at:
http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~rahulm/Shared/HCMDSS/hcmdss11_ucla.pdf

Links:
UCLA Wireless Health Institute
http://www.wirelesshealth.ucla.edu/

Smart Shoe, SmartCane
http://er.cs.ucla.edu/research.htm

SmartCane
http://www.ascent.ucla.edu/research/smartcane/index.htm

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