A new approach to accurate measurement of uniaxial joint angles based on a combination of accelerometers and gyroscopes

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1478-1484

  Dejnabadi, Hooman ^a   Jolles, Brigitte M ^b   Aminian, Kamiar ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer and gyroscope; Ambulatory system; Biomechanics; Gait analysis; Joint angle

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIT ERROR RATE; CORRELATION METHODS; GYROSCOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTATION; SENSORS;

AMBULATORY SYSTEMS; ANATOMICAL ASPECTS; CENTER OF ROTATION; JOINT ANGLE;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELEROMETER; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; JOINT; JOINT ANGLE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT LIMITATION; KNEE FUNCTION; ROTATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 23844513274     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2005.851475     Document Type: Article

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