Measuring orientation of human body segments using miniature gyroscopes and accelerometers

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-282

  Luinge, H J ^a   Veltink, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Gyroscope; Human; Kalman; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GYROSCOPES; KINEMATICS; MICROMACHINING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AMBULATORY MEASUREMENT; BODY ORIENTATION; HUMAN BODY SEGMENTS; MINIATURE GYROSCOPE;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; EQUIPMENT; FILTER; GYROSCOPE; KALMAN FILTER; KINEMATICS; MACHINE; MOBILIZATION; MODEL; SENSOR;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 18144397889     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02345966     Document Type: Article

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