A review of accelerometry-based wearable motion detectors for physical activity monitoring

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7772-7788

  Yang, Che Chang ^a   Hsu, Yeh Liang ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Accelerometry; Energy expenditure; Fall detection; Gait; Human motion; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FALL DETECTION; GAIT; HUMAN MOTIONS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY;

PATTERN RECOGNITION; SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELERATION; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ACCELERATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 77957241285     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100807772     Document Type: Review

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