Long-term unrestrained measurement of stride length and walking velocity utilizing a piezoelectric gyroscope

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 753-759

  Miyazaki, Shinji ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Gait; Gyroscope; Stride length; Velocity

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; GYROSCOPES; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PATIENT MONITORING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

STRIDE LENGTH;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MICROPROCESSOR; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PROSTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCERS; WALKING;

EID: 0031213584     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.605434     Document Type: Short Survey

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