Optimised procedure for the calibration of the force platform location

Gait and Posture

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-80

  Rabuffetti, M ^a   Ferrarin, M ^a   Mazzoleni, P ^a   Benvenuti, F ^b   Pedotti, A ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration; Force platform; Laboratory management; Motion analysis; Optimisation; Rehabilitation outcome assessment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GAIT; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; GAIT; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0037306981     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6362(02)00061-9     Document Type: Article

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