Using an optical proximity sensor to measure foot clearance during gait: Agreement with motion analysis

Journal of Medical Devices, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Kerr, Andy ^a   Rafferty, Danny ^a   Dall, Philippa ^a   Smit, Philip ^a   Barrie, Peter ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falls; Motion analysis; Optical sensor; Toe clearance; Wireless

Indexed keywords

CAMERA SYSTEMS; DATA COLLECTION; FALLS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; MOTION ANALYSIS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM; SWING PHASE; TOE CLEARANCE; TRIP FALLS; WIRELESS;

PROXIMITY SENSORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FOOR CLEARANCE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL PROXIMITY SENSOR; SENSOR; SHOE;

EID: 77957361857     PISSN: 19326181     EISSN: 1932619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002179     Document Type: Article

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