A wireless device for measuring hand-applied forces

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 III, Issue , 2004, Pages 2121-2124

  Tam, William ^a   Allen, Robert H ^a   Hoe, Yen Shi Gillian ^a   Huang, Stanley ^a   Khoo, I Jean ^a   Outland, Katherine E ^a   Gurewitsch, Edith D ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery; Electromyography; EMG; Hand forces; Newborn; Obstetrics; Rehabilitation; Tactile sensing; Wireless

Indexed keywords

DELIVERY; EMG DEVICES; HAND FORCES; NEWBORN OBSTETRICS; REHABILATION; TACTILE SENSING;

BANDPASS FILTERS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; MUSCLE; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RADIO; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TRANSMITTERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 11144330602     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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