HipGuard: A wearable measurement system for patients recovering from a hip operation

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare 2008, PervasiveHealth

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 196-199

  Iso Ketola, Pekka ^a   Karinsalo, Tapio ^a   Vanhala, Jukka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Flexible electronics; Hip replacement; Posture measurement; Wearable technology; Wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

DATA FUSION; HIP PROSTHESES; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SENSORS; SURGERY; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

AUDIO SIGNALS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; HIP REPLACEMENT; HIP REPLACEMENTS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LOAD SENSORS; MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; PERVASIVE COMPUTING; POSTURE MEASUREMENT; RECOVERY PERIOD; SENSOR NODES; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK;

HEALTH;

EID: 52149089420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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