'Outwalk': A protocol for clinical gait analysis based on inertial and magnetic sensors

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-25

  Cutti, Andrea Giovanni ^a   Ferrari, Alberto ^a,b   Garofalo, Pietro ^a,b   Raggi, Michele ^a   Cappello, Angelo ^b   Ferrari, Adriano ^c  

^a INAIL Prostheses Centre   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Amputee; Cerebral palsy; Gait analysis; Inertial sensors; Kinematics; Magnetic sensors; Protocol

Indexed keywords

3-D KINEMATICS; AMBULATORY; BODY SEGMENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; FLEXION-EXTENSION; INERTIAL SENSOR; LIVING CONDITIONS; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEMS; RMS ERRORS; SENSING UNIT; SIMPLE RULES; SPASTICITY; STANDARD ERRORS;

ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC SENSORS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SMART SENSORS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; DISABLED PERSON; EVALUATION; GAIT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AMPUTEES; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GAIT; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 77649238927     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0545-x     Document Type: Article

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