Motion Analysis – the “New Vital Sign”
January 5, 2010 | Terry Sharrer
For roughly 20% of elderly people who fall and sustain a hip fracture, death occurs within a year. But with low-cost sensors embedded in carpets, clothing and walls, researchers like Jeffrey Kaye, a professor of neurology and biomedical engineering at the Oregon Health and Sciences University, can capture movement data that indicates a high fidelity profile of an individual’s health and its change over time. One aim of this is fall prevention. MORE