Tracking of thigh flexion angle during gait cycles in an ambulatory activity monitoring sensor network

Zidonghua Xuebao/Acta Automatica Sinica

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 938-946

  Dong, Liang ^a   Wu, Jian Kang ^a,b   Bao, Xiao Ming ^a   Xiao, Wen Dong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Kalman filter; Sensor networks; Thigh flexion angle

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; GAIT ANALYSIS; HARDWARE; KALMAN FILTERING; MONITORING;

ACTIVITY MONITORING; ANGULAR VELOCITY; SENSOR NETWORKS; THIGH FLEXION ANGLE;

SENSORS;

EID: 33846111664     PISSN: 02544156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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