title: In-home fall risk assessment and detection sensor system.
abstract: Falls are a major problem in older adults. A continuous, unobtrusive, environmentally mounted (i.e., embedded into the environment and not worn by the individual), in-home monitoring system that automatically detects when falls have occurred or when the risk of falling is increasing could alert health care providers and family members to intervene to improve physical function or manage illnesses that may precipitate falls. Researchers at the University of Missouri Center for Eldercare and Rehabilitation Technology are testing such sensor systems for fall risk assessment (FRA) and detection in older adults' apartments in a senior living community. Initial results comparing ground truth (validated measures) of FRA data and GAITRite System parameters with data captured from Microsoft(®) Kinect and pulse-Doppler radar are reported.
authors.affiliation: Sinclair School of Nursing, Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA. rantzm@missouri.edu
authors.forename: Marilyn J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rantz
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skubic
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Galambos
authors.forename: Youngju
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pak
authors.forename: Dominic K C
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Erik E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Liyang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rui
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Back
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012449:Safety; D012637:Security Measures