Development of a fibre optic goniometer system to measure lumbar and hip movement to detect activities and their lumbar postures

Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 361-366

  Bell, J A ^a   Stigant, M ^b  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b St Martin's College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Fibre optic goniometer; Sitting

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FIBER OPTICS; VIDEO CAMERAS; VIDEO RECORDING;

BACK PAIN; FIBER OPTIC GONIOMETERS; SAGITTAL MOVEMENT; SITTING;

GONIOMETERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY POSTURE; CAMERA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FIBER OPTICS; GONIOMETRY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SITTING; STANDING; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WALKING;

EID: 34548078155     PISSN: 03091902     EISSN: 1464522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03091900600996735     Document Type: Article

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