Analysis of stroke patient walking dynamics using a tri-axial accelerometer

Gait and Posture

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-64

  Mizuike, Chihiro ^a   Ohgi, Shohei ^a   Morita, Satoru ^b  

^a SEIREI CHRISTOPHER UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Stroke patient; Tri axial accelerometer; Walking dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; STROKE; TIME; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; TRUNK; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 67349121714     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.02.017     Document Type: Article

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