The use of accelerometry to detect heel contact events for use as a sensor in FES assisted walking

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 879-885

  Mansfield, Avril ^a   Lyons, Gerard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; FES; Gait events; Hemiplegia; Sensors

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; SENSORS; WALKING AIDS;

HEEL CONTACT EVENTS; LUMBAR SPINE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEEL; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEG; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; SIMULATION; TRUNK; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0242662564     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(03)00116-4     Document Type: Article

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