@article{ref1,
title="Radar walking speed measurements of seniors in their apartments: Technology for fall prevention",
journal="Conference proceedings - IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society",
year="2012",
author="Cuddihy, Paul E. and Yardibi, Tarik and Legenzoff, Zachary J. and Liu, Liang and Phillips, Calvin E. and Abbott, Carmen C. and Galambos, Colleen and Keller, James and Popescu, Mihail and Back, Jessica and Skubic, Marjorie and Rantz, Marilyn J.",
volume="2012",
number="",
pages="260-263",
abstract="Falls are a significant cause of injury and accidental death among persons over the age of 65. Gait velocity is one of the parameters which have been correlated to the risk of falling. We aim to build a system which monitors gait in seniors and reports any changes to caregivers, who can then perform a clinical assessment and perform corrective and preventative actions to reduce the likelihood of falls. In this paper, we deploy a Doppler radar-based gait measurement system into the apartments of thirteen seniors. In scripted walks, we show the system measures gait velocity with a mean error of 14.5% compared to the time recorded by a clinician. With a calibration factor, the mean error is reduced to 10.5%. The radar is a promising sensing technology for gait velocity in a day-to-day senior living environment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1557-170X",
doi="10.1109/EMBC.2012.6345919",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2012.6345919"
}