Improving goniometer accuracy by compensating for individual transducer characteristics

Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 704-709

  de Oliveira Sato, Tatiana ^a   Coury, Helenice Jane Cote Gil ^a   Hansson, Gert Åke ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; Gait; Goniometer; Knee

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONIOMETRY; KNEE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SIMULATION; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE;

ALGORITHMS; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 67349285694     PISSN: 10506411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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