Evaluation of a single accelerometer based biofeedback system for real-time correction of neck posture in computer users

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 7269-7272

  Breen, Paul P ^a   Nisar, Aamer ^b,c   Ólaighin, Gearóid ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELEROMETER PLACEMENTS; BAD POSTURES; COMPUTER USERS; ERGONOMIC INTERVENTION; NECK POSTURE; REAL-TIME CORRECTIONS; SHOULDER PAIN; VISUAL INFORMATION;

BIOFEEDBACK;

EID: 77950987709     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334726     Document Type: Conference Paper

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