Fiber-optic sensor for handgrip-strength monitoring: Conception and design

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 3696-3704

  Paul, Jinu ^a   Zhao, Liping ^b   Ngoi, Bryan K A ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIREFRINGENCE; CONDITION MONITORING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LASER SURGERY; OPTICAL FIBERS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONTACT FRICTION; HANDGRIP-STRENGTH MONITORING; PRESSURE TRANSMISSION; WAVELENGTH-TUNING RANGE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 22044441760     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.003696     Document Type: Article

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