Trunk angular kinematics during slip-induced falls and activities of daily living - Towards developing a fall detector

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 892-896

  Liu, Jian ^a   Lockhart, Thurmon E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; ERGONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADLS); FALL DETECTORS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; NORMAL WALKING; OPTICAL MOTION; PHASE PLOT; TRUNK KINEMATICS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 77951592931     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118109x12524442638380     Document Type: Conference Paper

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