Functional calibration procedure for 3D knee joint angle description using inertial sensors

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2330-2335

  Favre, J ^a   Aissaoui, R ^a,b   Jolles, B M ^c   de Guise, J A ^b   Aminian, K ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b TELUQ University   (Canada)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D Kinematics; Accelerometers; Ambulatory measurement; Functional calibration; Gyroscopes; Inertial sensors; Knee

Indexed keywords

3D KINEMATICS; AMBULATORY MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONAL CALIBRATION; INERTIAL SENSORS; KNEE;

ACCELEROMETERS; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); GYROSCOPES; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SMART SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

MEASUREMENTS;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349449601     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.06.025     Document Type: Article

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