Observing the state of balance with a single upper-body sensor

The occurrence of falls is an urgent challenge in our aging society. For wearable devices that actively prevent falls or mitigate their consequences, a critical prerequisite is knowledge on the user's current state of balance. To keep such wearable systems practical and to achieve high acceptan...

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Main Authors: Charlotte ePaiman, Daniel eLemus, Débora eShort, Heike eVallery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/frobt.2016.00011/full