Gait monitoring with a wearable plastic optical sensor

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 787-790

  Bilro, Lúcia ^a   Lemos Pinto, João ^a   Oliveira, José ^b   Nogueira, Rogério ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b Service of Physics Medicine and Rehabilitation   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIT CYCLES; HUMAN GAIT; INTENSITY OF LIGHT; JOINT ANGLE; KNEE INJURY; LOW-COST SYSTEMS; MACRO BENDING; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; VIDEO-BASED SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PLASTICS;

SENSORS;

EID: 67649968586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2008.4716559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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