Gait event detection using linear accelerometers or angular velocity transducers in able-bodied and spinal-cord injured individuals

Gait and Posture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 502-509

  Jasiewicz, Jan M ^a   Allum, John H J ^b   Middleton, James W ^c   Barriskill, Andrew ^d   Condie, Peter ^a   Purcell, Brendan ^a   Li, Raymond Che Tin ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

^d Restorative Therapies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Foot contact detection; Gait analysis; Inertial sensors

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRANSDUCER;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33750339324     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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