Dynamic measurement of lumbar curvature using fibre-optic sensors

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1043-1049

  Williams, Jonathan M ^a   Haq, Inam ^b   Lee, Raymond Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curvature; Fibre optic; Kinematics; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ACROSS TIME; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; CURVATURE; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; FIBRE OPTIC; FIBRE-OPTIC SENSOR; LUMBAR SPINES; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MULTIPLE CORRELATION; RELATIVE MOTION; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SURFACE CURVATURES; TIME CURVES; VIDEO-BASED SYSTEMS;

FIBERS; KINEMATICS; SENSORS;

SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC BIOSENSOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL CURVATURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 78049314536     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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