A method for deriving displacement data during cyclical movement using an inertial sensor

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2503-2514

  Pfau, Thilo ^a   Witte, Thomas H ^a   Wilson, Alan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Gait; Horse; Inertial sensor; Kinematics; Motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; HORSE; INSTRUMENTATION; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HORSES; LOCOMOTION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 23144463675     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01658     Document Type: Article

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