Effects of placement and orientation of body-fixed accelerometers on the assessment of energy expenditure during walking

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-56

  Bouten, C V C ^a   Sauren, A A H J ^a   Verduin, M ^a   Janssen, J D ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Energy expenditure; Gravitational acceleration; Kinematic acceleration; Physical activity; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION MEASUREMENT; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

BODY FIXED ACCELEROMETERS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; WALKING;

EID: 0031039105     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02510392     Document Type: Article

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