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Fall Detection and Direction Judgment Based on Posture Estimation

open access: yesDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2022
For the problem of elderly people falling easily, it is very necessary to correctly detect the occurrence of falls and provide early warning, which can greatly reduce the injury caused by falls.
Chunmiao Yuan   +3 more
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Associated human factors for falls and fall-related injuries [PDF]

open access: yesWIT Transactions on the Built Environment, 2009
Purpose: Unintentional falls are common, especially among older adults. Many falls result in injuries, which lead to more medical conditions, disability, or even death. The current study evaluated the occurrence of falls and fall-related injuries, and their associated human factors among the population aged 45 years or older in the U.S.
K. Y. Z. Forrest, J. M. Cali
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Indoor Human Fall Detection Algorithm Based on Wireless Sensing

open access: yesTsinghua Science and Technology, 2022
As the main health threat to the elderly living alone and performing indoor activities, falls have attracted great attention from institutions and society.
Chao Wang   +5 more
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Fall prediction based on biomechanics equilibrium using Kinect

open access: yesInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2017
The fall is one of the most important research fields of solitary elder healthcare at home based on Internet of Things technology. Current studies mainly focus on the fall detection, which helps medical staffs bring a fallen elder out of danger in time ...
Xu Tao, Zhou Yun
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Mobile Robotic Balance Assistant (MRBA): a gait assistive and fall intervention robot for daily living

open access: yesJournal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 2023
Background Aging degrades the balance and locomotion ability due to frailty and pathological conditions. This demands balance rehabilitation and assistive technologies that help the affected population to regain mobility, independence, and improve their ...
Lei Li   +10 more
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Multimodal Database for Human Activity Recognition and Fall Detection

open access: yesProceedings, 2018
Fall detection can improve the security and safety of older people and alert when fall occurs. Fall detection systems are mainly based on wearable sensors, ambient sensors, and vision. Each method has commonly known advantages and limitations. Multimodal
Lourdes Martínez-Villaseñor   +2 more
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Two-Dimensional Mechanical Model of Human Stability in External Force-Caused Fall

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
The paper proposes a two-dimensional model of human stability. The model allows for gaining data on forces and moments of forces being the effect of musculoskeletal interactions of body parts at human joints.
Martyna Sopa   +3 more
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Human Fall Detection Based on Re-Parameterization and Feature Enhancement

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2023
It is easy to fall when the stairs, subway stations, bus stations, and factories are crowded. Real-time detection of human falls is helpful for timely assistance.
Guoxin Shen   +5 more
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TelUP Human Fall Dataset: A Motion Forecasting Study of Human Falls

open access: yesJURNAL INFOTEL
This study investigates multitask learning approaches for human motion forecasting and fall classification using pose data extracted from video sequences. A custom dataset, the TelUP HumanFall Forecasting Dataset, was developed, containing annotated video frames representing fall and non-fall scenarios captured from six participants.
Andi Prademon Yunus   +8 more
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