Quantitative assessment of the motion of the lumbar spine and pelvis with wearable inertial sensors

2010 International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 9-15

  Chhikara, A ^a   McGregor, A H ^a   Hadjilucas, L ^a   Bello, F ^a   Rice, A S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability assessment; Inertial sensors; Low back pain; Lumbar spine and pelvis; Motion

Indexed keywords

BODY SENSOR NETWORK; CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENTS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; ECONOMIC COSTS; INERTIAL SENSOR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINES; OPTICAL TRACKING; PILOT STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SINGLE POINT; SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES; WEARABLE PROTOTYPES;

HEALTH; SENSOR NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 77955207173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2010.39     Document Type: Conference Paper

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