title: Preliminary evaluation of a full-time falling monitor for the elderly.
abstract: The article presents the early outcomes of the evaluation of an intelligent accelerometer unit (IAU) utilized for detecting the falling events of elderly people . The overall design of the monitor where the IAU is integrated is briefly exposed. The outcomes of a laboratory study carried out over 8 volunteers show that the device is able to distinguish true falling events from normal activities like fast walking or going up/downstairs. The influences of the subject and the environment have been taken into account profiting from the processing capacity of the monitor distributed architecture.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Engineering Group, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Roa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reina-Tosina
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sanchez