Recognition of gait disturbances in patients with normal pressure hydrocephalus using a computer dynography system

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue SUPPL. 6, 2008, Pages 201-207

  Czerwosz, L ^a   Szczepek, E ^a,b   Sokolowska, B ^a   Jozwik, A ^c,d   Dudzinski, K ^e   Jurkiewicz, J ^a,b   Czernicki, Z ^a,b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

^d LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Computer dynography system; Gait analysis; K NN classifier; Normal pressure hydrocephalus; Pattern recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; ALGORITHM; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; LOCOMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; POSTURAL BALANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 64549143774     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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