Body sensor networks to evaluate standing balance: Interpreting muscular activities based on inertial sensors

Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Systems and Networking Support for Health Care and Assisted Living Environments, HealthNet'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ramachandran, Rohith ^a   Ramanna, Lakshmish ^a   Ghasemzadeh, Hassan ^a   Pradhan, Gaurav ^a   Jafari, Roozbeh ^a   Prabhakaran, Balakrishnan ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; EMG; Inertial sensors

Indexed keywords

BALANCE; BODY SENSOR NETWORK; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMG; EMG SIGNAL; INERTIAL SENSOR; INERTIAL SENSORS; MUSCULAR ACTIVITIES; QUANTITATIVE PARAMETERS;

HEALTH CARE; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; SMART SENSORS;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 70349113773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1515747.1515753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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