Do strain gauge force platforms need in situ correction?

Gait and Posture

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 233-237

  Chockalingam, Nachiappan ^a   Giakas, Giannis ^b   Iossifidou, Anna ^a  

^a STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait analysis; Ground reaction force; Testing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; GAIT; GEOMETRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER;

BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; GAIT; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036890017     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(02)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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