High-precision satellite positioning system as a new tool to study the biomechanics of human locomotion

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1717-1722

  Terrier, Philippe ^a   Ladetto, Quentin ^b   Merminod, Bertrand ^b   Schutz, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Differential GPS; External mechanical work; Stride frequency; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; SPACECRAFT; WALKING;

EID: 0033817098     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00133-0     Document Type: Article

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