Wearable sensor systems in biomechanics: Assessment of unrestrained walking features

Conference Record - IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 881-883

  Sabatini, Angelo M ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring systems; Energy expenditure; Gait analysis; Inertial sensing

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT ANALYSIS; GYROSCOPES; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

AMBULATORY MONITORING SYSTEMS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; INERTIAL SENSING;

BIOSENSORS;

EID: 4644295852     PISSN: 10915281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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