A reliability study of the new Back Strain Monitor based on clinical trials

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 693-696

  Ronchi, A J ^a   Lech, M ^a   Taylor, N F ^b   Cosic, I ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS;

BACK STRAIN; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVENTIONAL MEASUREMENTS; INTRA CLASS; LOWER BACK PAIN; LUMBER SPINE; SCHOBER;

RELIABILITY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BACK; BACKACHE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BACK; BACK PAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 61849159719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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