Ambulatory estimation of foot placement during walking using inertial sensors

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3138-3143

  Martin Schepers, H ^a   van Asseldonk, Edwin H F ^a   Baten, Chris T M ^b   Veltink, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ROESSINGH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Balance; Human walking; Lateral foot placement; Stride length; Variability

Indexed keywords

BALANCE; FOOT PLACEMENTS; HUMAN WALKING; STRIDE LENGTH; VARIABILITY;

ACCELEROMETERS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENTS; POSITION MEASUREMENT; SENSORS;

WALKING AIDS;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SHOES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78549257388     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.07.039     Document Type: Article

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