Hardware performance assessment recommendations and tools for baropodometric sensor systems

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-167

  Giacomozzi, Claudia ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Baropodometry; COP estimation; Pressure measurement devices; Technical assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FOOT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FOOT; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

EID: 77955625815     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN-10-02-09     Document Type: Article

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