Abstract
Electronic textiles (e-textiles) offer the promise of home health care devices that integrate seamlessly into the wearer's everyday lifestyle while providing a higher level of functionality than current devices. Existing gait analysis systems are cumbersome laboratory-based systems that, while providing valuable information, would be difficult or impossible to deploy in the home. Yet gait analysis systems offer the promise of preventing and/or mitigating the serious effects of falls in the elderly population. This paper proposes an e-textile solution to this problem along with a design approach for realizing a solution that is inexpensive and usable across the elderly population. Preliminary results are given to demonstrate the promise of the proposed system.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
| Pages | 292-301 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Volume | 108 |
| State | Published - 2005 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 1st International Workshop on New Generation of Wearable Systems for eHealth - Lucca, Italy Duration: Dec 11 2003 → Dec 14 2003 |
Other
| Other | 1st International Workshop on New Generation of Wearable Systems for eHealth |
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| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Lucca |
| Period | 12/11/03 → 12/14/03 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biomedical Engineering
- Health Informatics
- Health Information Management