A new study published in npj Digital Medicine suggests that walking data collected from hip-worn accelerometers is viable for assessing the risk of falls in older women. While this specific ...

Using a body-worn sensor to detect falls at home is feasible for elderly individuals, including those with Parkinson disease, who have a higher risk of falling, according to new study findings. Using ...

Each year, roughly 1 million patients, many of them elderly, fall while in U.S. hospitals. Roughly 30 percent of hospital falls result in injury, and 10 percent result in serious injury, such as a ...

Abstract—(MEMS) Microelectromechanical systemsin consumer electronics are growing faster each year, with increasing demands from the mobile market, which is dominating the growth for this emerging ...

How do piezoelectric accelerometers — vibration sensors — work? The force caused by vibration or a change in motion (acceleration) causes the sensor's mass to “squeeze” contained piezoelectric ...

When it comes to overseeing a person's environment, whether it's an older adult at home or in a senior living facility, it takes more than a wearable device that tracks their movement. Monitoring can ...