@inproceedings{3a876840c3d04eed9bd4bac5ef4a3d4e,
title = "Impact of age on body postural sway",
abstract = "Falls are common in the elderly. Almost 30% of people above 65 years of age fall each year and this figure increases to 40% for people older than 80 . Postural control plays a key role in fall prediction. Many Studies suggest that falls in the elderly are preceded by balance deficiencies in response to changes in sensory information . Postural control in older people has become an important area of research and it is usually assessed by measuring the amount of postural sway of the human body. In this study, an accurate quantitative method is proposed to evaluate body sway and its relationship with age using inertial sensors. The method is validated through experimental work and results are encouraging.",
keywords = "balance assessment for older people, body sway analysis, impact of age on body sway",
author = "Maryam Ghahramani and fazel naghdy and David Stirling and Golshah Naghdy and Jan Potter",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 IEEE.; IEEE Region 10 International Conference TENCON 2015, TENCON 2015 ; Conference date: 01-11-2015 Through 04-11-2015",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1109/TENCON.2015.7372917",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781479986392",
series = "IEEE Region 10 Annual International Conference, Proceedings/TENCON",
publisher = "IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
pages = "1--6",
editor = "Wong, {Man Chung} and Thomas Cheang",
booktitle = "TENCON 2015 - 2015 IEEE Region 10 Conference",
address = "United States",
}