New ambulatory monitoring instrument of posture and mobility related activities

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 33, Issue , 1997, Pages 88-93

  Ma, Jun ^a   Barbenel, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity sensor; Ambulatory monitoring; Mobility; Physical activity; Posture

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BODY POSTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RECUMBENCY; SITTING; STANDING; TRANSDUCER; WALKING;

HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 0031428888     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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