Using wearable sensors to analyze the quality of use of mobility assistive devices

Proceedings - BSN 2006: International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 127-130

  Hester, Todd ^a   Sherrill, Delsey M ^a   Hamel, Mathieu ^b   Perreault, Karine ^b   Boissy, Patrick ^b,c   Bonato, Paolo ^a,d  

^a and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF GERIATRICS OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Mobility assistive devices; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; CHRONIC DISABILITIES; MOBILITY ASSISTIVE DEVICES; WEARABLE SENSORS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOSENSORS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATIENT MONITORING;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 33750815402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2006.56     Document Type: Conference Paper

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