Gait analysis using gravitational acceleration measured by wearable sensors

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-233

  Takeda, Ryo ^a   Tadano, Shigeru ^a   Todoh, Masahiro ^a   Morikawa, Manabu ^a   Nakayasu, Minoru ^a   Yoshinari, Satoshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceleration sensor; Frequency analysis; Gait analysis; Gravitational acceleration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SENSOR; CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; EXTERNAL NOISE; FFT ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION; GYRO SENSORS; HORIZONTAL PLANES; HUMAN GAIT; JOINT ANGLES; KNEE JOINTS; LOWER LIMB (LL); MOTION RANGE; NOVEL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS; QUANTITIVE INFORMATION; SEGMENT LENGTHS; SENSOR UNIT (SU); VISUAL IMAGING; WEARABLE SENSORS;

GAIT ANALYSIS; GRAVITATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCELERATION;

ABDOMEN; ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GAIT; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE; LEG; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; SENSOR; WALKING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MOTION;

EID: 58649106209     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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