Sensor system could decrease fall risk for older adults
A team of Rice University engineering students designed a fall-risk assessment system that enables doctors to create personalized risk-management strategies for patients based on their individual movement patterns at home.
The Three Seasons team — “because with us, there is no fall,” said member Vanessa Garlepp — is one of 69 competing in this year’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen showcase April 13 at the Ion. Charlie Gorton, Chris Heuser, Fadeel Khan and Ahalya Lettenberger round out the team.
Falls are the leading cause of injury — and death caused by injury — for adults 65 and older, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A quarter of the nearly 56 million adults over 65 in the U.S. experience a fall each year, and 1 in 5 falls results in serious injury such as a broken bone or head trauma.
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