Accuracy and reliability testing of a portable soft tissue indentor

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 232-240

  Klaesner, Joseph W ^a   Commean, Paul K ^b   Hastings, Mary K ^a   Zou, Dequan ^a   Mueller, Michael J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Force; Indentor; Orthotics; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELASTIC MODULI; INDENTATION; TISSUE;

RELIABILITY TESTING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ERROR; FORCE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RIGIDITY; SOFT TISSUE; TISSUE INDENTOR; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034765350     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7333.928583     Document Type: Article

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