Accelerometers for quantification of gait and movement disorders: A perspective review

Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-152

  Lemoyne, Robert ^a   Coroian, Christian ^b   Mastroianni, Timothy ^c   Grundfest, Warren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Gait quantification; MEMS; Movement disorder quantification; Neurorehabilitation; Wireless accelerometers

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149091150     PISSN: 02195194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219519408002656     Document Type: Review

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