Project: Fear of Falling, March 2022 ~
Older adults often experience fear of falling (FoF). Falls and FoF impose significant costs on both individuals and the healthcare system. As a result, a wide range of interventions has been developed to prevent them, and much recent research has focused on evaluating the effectiv…
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Project: Fear of Falling, March 2022 ~
Fear of falling in older adults is generally studied as a chronic condition, yet spikes in acute fear of falling remain underexplored, despite previous research showing that they often precipitate falls. This work introduces a multi-modal sensor-based framework for detecting theoretically d…
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