Pendulum analysis of an integrated accelerometer to assess its suitability to measure dynamic acceleration for gait applications

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4891-4894

  Godfrey, Alan ^a,b   Hourigan, Timothy ^b   ÓLaighin, Gearóid M ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; MICROMACHINING; PENDULUMS;

CUSTOM-DESIGNED PENDULUM; INTEGRATED ACCELEROMETERS; PENDULUM ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT; GAIT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; POTENTIOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCELERATION; CALIBRATION; GAIT; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; POTENTIOMETRY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 57649232855     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353436     Document Type: Conference Paper

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