Monitoring Functional Ranges of Upper-Limb Activity in a Free-Living Environment

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3298-3301

  Vega Gonzalez A ^a   Granat, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Bioinstrumentation; Ergonomics; Movement; Rehabilitation; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ERGONOMICS; MONITORING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TRANSDUCERS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; BIOINSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENTS; UPPER LIMBS;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 1542270670     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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