Optimal inertial sensor location for ambulatory measurement of trunk inclination

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2406-2409

  Faber, Gert S ^a   Kingma, Idsart ^a   Bruijn, Sjoerd M ^a   van Dieën, Jaap H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambulatory measurement; Ergonomics; Inertial sensor; Low back pain; Trunk inclination

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AMBULATORY MEASUREMENT; CENTRE OF MASS; ERGONOMIC WORKPLACE; GOLD STANDARDS; IN-BETWEEN; INERTIAL SENSOR; LOW BACK PAIN; OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; RMS ERRORS; ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE ERRORS; TRUNK INCLINATION;

ERGONOMICS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENT SCALES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SMART SENSORS;

OPTIMIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; TRUNK; WALKING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BACK; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 70349443414     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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