An inertial and magnetic sensor based technique for joint angle measurement

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2604-2611

  O'Donovan, Karol J ^a   Kamnik, Roman ^b   O'Keeffe, Derek T ^a   Lyons, Gerard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Gyroscope; Joint angle measurement; Magnetometer

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GYROSCOPES; MAGNETOMETERS;

FIXED REFERENCE COORDINATE SYSTEMS; JOINT ANGLE MEASUREMENT; MOVING VEHICLES;

MAGNETIC SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WALKING;

EID: 34250629373     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.12.010     Document Type: Article

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