Validation of a wireless portable biofeedback system for balance control: Preliminary results

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 254-257

  Rocchi, Laura ^a   Benocci, Marco ^a   Farella, Elisabetta ^a   Benini, Luca ^a   Chiari, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; FEEDBACK CONTROL; HEALTH; MOTION CONTROL; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY;

BALANCE CONTROL; BALANCE PERFORMANCE; BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEMS; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; MOTOR CONTROLS; PERVASIVE COMPUTING; TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 52149094967     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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