A chair with a platform setup to measure the forces under each thigh when sitting, rising from a chair and sitting down

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-306

  Nadeau, Sylvie ^a,b   Desjardins, P ^a,b   Briere A ^a   Roy, G ^a,b   Gravel, D ^a,b  

^a Rehabilitation Institute of Montreal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Force measurement; Force platform; Movement; Sit to stand

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DAMPING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ADJUSTABLE INSTRUMENTED CHAIR; FORCE PLATFORM; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERROR;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE AND TENSION; SITTING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 39549114058     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0301-z     Document Type: Article

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