Identifying gait asymmetry using gyroscopes-A cross-correlation and Normalized Symmetry Index approach

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 972-978

  Gouwanda, Darwin ^a   Arosha Senanayake, S M N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Gait symmetry; Symmetry Index; Wireless gyroscope

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; GAIT CYCLES; GAIT SYMMETRY; LOWER LIMB; NEW INSTRUMENT; ONE-WAY ANOVA; SINGLE-VALUE; SYMMETRY INDEX; WAVEFORM PATTERNS; WIRELESS GYROSCOPE;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

GYROSCOPES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; GAIT ASYMMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMALIZED CROSS CORRELATION; NORMALIZED SYMMETRY INDEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM; WIRELESS GYROSCOPE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMANS; KINETICS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 79952036813     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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