Gait & Posture
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 194-199 , July 2007

Evaluation of a threshold-based tri-axial accelerometer fall detection algorithm

We dedicate this paper to the memory of our late colleague and co-author, Jacinta O’Brien, who died suddenly on February 3, 2004: “Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam dílis”.

  • A.K. Bourke

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 86 6037831; fax: +353 61 338176.
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  • J.V. O’Brien

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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  • G.M. Lyons

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Electronics Laboratory, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Received 4 May 2006 ,Revised 21 July 2006 ,Accepted 8 September 2006.

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PII: S0966-6362(06)00189-5

doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.09.012

Gait & Posture
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 194-199 , July 2007

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