TY - JOUR AU - Marschollek, Michael AU - Rehwald, Anja AU - Wolf, Klaus-Hendrik AU - Gietzelt, Matthias AU - Nemitz, Gerhard AU - zu Schwabedissen, Hubertus Meyer AU - Schulze, Mareike PY - 2011 DA - 2011/06/28 TI - Sensors vs. experts - A performance comparison of sensor-based fall risk assessment vs. conventional assessment in a sample of geriatric patients JO - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making SP - 48 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Fall events contribute significantly to mortality, morbidity and costs in our ageing population. In order to identify persons at risk and to target preventive measures, many scores and assessment tools have been developed. These often require expertise and are costly to implement. Recent research investigates the use of wearable inertial sensors to provide objective data on motion features which can be used to assess individual fall risk automatically. So far it is unknown how well this new method performs in comparison with conventional fall risk assessment tools. The aim of our research is to compare the predictive performance of our new sensor-based method with conventional and established methods, based on prospective data. SN - 1472-6947 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6947-11-48 DO - 10.1186/1472-6947-11-48 ID - Marschollek2011 ER -