Evaluation of a hybrid system for three-dimensional measurement of trunk posture in motion

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 697-712

  Plamondon, A ^a   Delisle, A ^a   Larue, C ^a   Brouillette, D ^a   McFadden, D ^a   Desjardins, P ^a,b   Lariviere C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE ROBERT SAUVÉ EN SANTÉ ET EN SÉCURITÉ DU TRAVAIL   (Canada)

^b Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Gyroscopes; Inertial tracking device

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; GYROSCOPES; HEALTH RISKS; MAGNETOMETERS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS);

AMBULATORY ASSESSMENT; HUMAN MOVEMENT; INERTIAL TRACKING DEVICES; TRUNK POSTURE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER; DEVICE; GYROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POTENTIOMETER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRUNK;

EID: 34347335602     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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