Comparing the head and trunk accelerations during a free walk using MTx sensors

Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing, ISSNIP

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 631-634

  Pendharkar, Gita ^a   Marin, S ^b   Mayagoita Hill, R ^b   Percival, P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLIGENT SENSORS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES;

BIOFEEDBACK; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; SMART SENSORS;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 51349124868     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISSNIP.2007.4496916     Document Type: Conference Paper

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