Wearable accelerometer system for measuring the temporal parameters of gait

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 483-486

  Lee, Jung Ah ^a   Cho, Sang Hyun ^a   Lee, Jeong Whan ^b   Lee, Kang Hwi ^b   Yang, Heui Kyung ^c  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Chongju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; GAIT ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

GAIT PARAMETERS; WEARABLE ACCELEROMETER SYSTEM;

WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57649193395     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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