Measurement of postural change in trunk movements using three sensor modules

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2737-2742

  Wong, Wai Yin ^a   Wong, Man Sang ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Autoreset algorithm; Gyroscopes; Noninvasive measurement; Posture; Spinal curvature

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MEASUREMENTS; AUTO-RESET; AUTORESET ALGORITHM; CORONAL PLANES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY ACTIVITY; DATA LOGGING; DYNAMIC CALIBRATION; DYNAMIC TILTING; FEEDBACK MECHANISMS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MONITORING SYSTEM; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSTURE; POSTURE TRACKING; SENSING SYSTEMS; SENSOR MODULES; SKIN SURFACES; SPINAL CURVATURE; TRUNK MOVEMENT;

ACCELEROMETERS; GYROSCOPES; SENSORS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 67949098952     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2016289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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