A triaxial accelerometer and portable data processing unit for the assessment of daily physical activity

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 136-147

  Bouten, Carlijn V C ^a   Koekkoek, Karel T M ^a   Verduin, Maarten ^a   Kodde, Rens ^a   Janssen, Jan D ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Assessment of daily physical activity; data processing unit; energy expenditure; physical activity; piezoresistive accelerometer; portable unit; triaxial accelerometer

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ERGONOMICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GAIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORS;

DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; PIEZORESISTIVE ACCELEROMETER; PORTABLE DATA PROCESSING UNIT; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DEVICE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

ACCELERATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CALIBRATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031106807     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.554760     Document Type: Article

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