Accelerometer versus footswitch evaluation of gait unsteadiness and temporal characteristics of gait in two elderly patient groups

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 4527-4530

  Barrett, A ^a   O'Connor, M ^b   Culhane, K ^c   Finucane, A M ^d   Mulkerrin, E ^e   Lyons, D ^b   Olaighin G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d St Camillus' Hospital   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS;

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CONTROL GROUPS; FOOTSWITCH; GAIT PARAMETERS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TRUNK MOVEMENT;

ACCELEROMETERS;

AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; WALKING;

EID: 61849164556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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