Kinematics and dynamic complexity of postural transitions in frail elderly subjects

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 6117-6120

  Ganea, R ^b   Paraschiv Ionescu, A ^b   Salarian, A ^a,b   Bula C ^c   Martin, E ^c   Rochat, S ^c   Hoskovec, C ^c   Piot Ziegler, C ^d   Aminian, K ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; BIOSENSORS; KINEMATICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DYNAMIC COMPLEXITY; FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; POSTURAL TRANSITIONS; SENSOR SYSTEMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 57649199646     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353745     Document Type: Conference Paper

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