Periodical in-situ re-calibration of force platforms: A new method for the robust estimation of the calibration matrix

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 350-355

  Cappello, Angelo ^a   Lenzi, D ^a   Chiari, L ^a  

^a Department of Electronics   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calibration matrix; Force platforms; Movement analysis; Robust estimation; Spot check

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LOADS (FORCES); MATRIX ALGEBRA; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

CALIBRATION MATRIX; FORCE PLATFORMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GAIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE FORCE; NOISE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERIODICITY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 2942703709     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344711     Document Type: Article

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