Use of accelerometers for detecting foot-ground contact time during running

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6036, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Purcell, Brendan ^a,b   Channells, Justin ^a,b   James, Daniel ^a   Barrett, Rod ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Event detection; Gait analysis; Initial contact; Running kinematics; Toe off

Indexed keywords

EVENT DETECTION; INITIAL CONTACT; RUNNING KINEMATICS; TOE-OFF;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); ERROR ANALYSIS; GAIT ANALYSIS; LABORATORIES;

ACCELEROMETERS;

EID: 33645233111     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.638389     Document Type: Conference Paper

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