Assessment of walking stability of elderly by means of nonlinear time-series analysis and simple accelerometry

JSME International Journal, Series C: Mechanical Systems, Machine Elements and Manufacturing

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 607-612

  Ohtaki, Yasuaki ^a   Arif, Muhammad ^b   Suzuki, Akihiro ^c   Fujita, Kazuki ^d   Inooka, Hikaru ^a   Nagatomi, Ryoichi ^e   Tsuji, Ichiro ^e  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c IT Research Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Biomechanics; Human engineering; Information processing and signal analysis; Medical application; Nonlinear time series analysis; Walking stability

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LYAPUNOV METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETRY; NONLINEAR TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS; WALKING STABILITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LYAPUNOV METHODS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745219403     PISSN: 13447653     EISSN: 1347538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1299/jsmec.48.607     Document Type: Article

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