Assessment of screw displacement axis accuracy and repeatability for joint kinematic description using an electromagnetic tracking device

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-167

  Duck, Teresa R ^a,b   Ferreira, Louis M ^a,b   King, Graham J W ^a,b   Johnson, James A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Electromagnetic tracking device; Relative motion; Repeatability; Screw displacement axes (SDAs)

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETISM; ERROR ANALYSIS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRACKING; JOINT KINEMATICS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FILTER; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 0345735672     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(03)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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