Smartphone-Based Applications for Investigating Falls and Mobility

Carlo Tacconi; Sabato Mellone; Lorenzo Chiari

5th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

Research Article

Smartphone-Based Applications for Investigating Falls and Mobility

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246060,
    author={Carlo Tacconi and Sabato Mellone and Lorenzo Chiari},
    title={Smartphone-Based Applications for Investigating Falls and Mobility},
    proceedings={5th International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2012},
    month={4},
    keywords={fall detection fall risk assessment Smartphone application Android elderly oriented application Timed-Up-and-Go test},
    doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246060}
}

Carlo Tacconi
Sabato Mellone
Lorenzo Chiari
Year: 2012
Smartphone-Based Applications for Investigating Falls and Mobility
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246060

Carlo Tacconi¹^,*, Sabato Mellone¹, Lorenzo Chiari¹

1: University of Bologna

*Contact email: carlo.tacconi@unibo.it

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a system for investigating human falls and mobility based on a Smartphone platform. We have designed and tested a set of software applications building on the inertial data captured from the tri-axial accelerometer sensor embedded in the Smartphone. We will describe here two applications: a fall detection and management application, and an application for the administration of a popular and standardized test in the field of human mobility assessment, namely the Timed-Up-and-Go test.

Keywords: fall detection fall risk assessment Smartphone application Android elderly oriented application Timed-Up-and-Go test

Published: 2012-04-17
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246060