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Detección de Caídas Durante la Marcha en Adultos Mayores.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Camargo Casallas, Luz Helena.
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Falls (Accidents).
- Older people--Health and hygiene.
- Older people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (54 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bogota : Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas, 2017.
- Summary:
- This book addresses the issue of fall detection in older adults, a significant public health concern due to the increasing aging population. It explores the demographic trends of aging, the physiological and cognitive factors contributing to falls, and the associated health, social, and economic impacts. The authors provide an overview of human movement monitoring systems, particularly focusing on fall detection technology using accelerometers and wireless communication protocols such as ZigBee. The book emphasizes the need for affordable and efficient devices that not only detect falls but also analyze gait variations to predict future fall risks. By integrating clinical studies, theoretical frameworks, and engineering principles, the book proposes the development of a prototype for continuous gait monitoring to enhance fall prevention strategies. This resource is intended for researchers, engineers, healthcare professionals, and policymakers interested in gerontology, biomedical engineering, and public health innovation. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cubierta
- Portadilla
- Portada
- Créditos
- Contenido
- El adulto mayor
- Demografía gerontológica
- Caídas en el adulto mayor
- Sistemas de monitoreo del movimiento humano
- La marcha
- Ciclo de la marcha
- Variables a considerar en la Marcha
- Subclasificaciones del ciclo de la marcha
- Marcha en el adulto mayor
- Sistemas de detección de caídas para adultos mayores
- Acelerómetros
- Antecedentes de microacelerómetros
- Aspectos teóricos del acelerómetro
- Principios de transducción
- Adquisición de la señal
- Marco legal
- Dispositivo médico activo
- Dispositivo médico destinado a investigaciones clínicas
- Dispositivo médico para uso humano
- Equipo biomédico
- Equipo biomédico prototipo
- Estudio clínico
- Finalidad prevista
- Adquisición de datos y comunicación Zigbee para detección de caídas
- Población de estudio Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9789587875805
- 958787580X
- OCLC:
- 1478708659
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