University of California

Shaun S Ahmadian

William J Kaiser

Majid Sarrafzadeh

Hyduke Noshadi

Mars Lan

Wenyao Xu

Jonathan S Woodbridge

Hagop Hagopian

Navid Amini

A method for determining the motive instability of an individual using foot pressure, foot speed and foot direction data collected from sensors on shoes. The sensed data is used to determine the minimum number and the placement of pressure sensors in the shoe. The data from the sensors is processed to extract spatial and temporal parameters as desired. The data is grouped into segments based on a segmentation rule. The trend in each segment is determined. The variability of the trend in each segment is determined. The risk of fall is computed on the basis of the trend and variance. The computation is adjustable by emphasizing certain parameters in order to tailor the instability assessment to a specific individual.

Method of assessing human fall risk using mobile systems

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Rolling Hills Estates, CA, United States of America

Shaun S Ahmadian