Analysis of pelvic movement in the elderly during walking using a posture monitoring system equipped with a triaxial accelerometer and a gyroscope

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1788-1792

  Ishigaki, Norio ^a   Kimura, Teiji ^b   Usui, Yuki ^a   Aoki, Kaoru ^a   Narita, Nobuyo ^a   Shimizu, Masayuki ^a   Hara, Kazuo ^a   Ogihara, Nobuhide ^a   Nakamura, Koichi ^a   Kato, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohira, Masayoshi ^b   Yokokawa, Yoshiharu ^b   Miyoshi, Kei ^b   Murakami, Narumichi ^c   Okada, Shinpei ^d   Nakamura, Tomokazu ^e   Saito, Naoto ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Specified Medical Corporation Jisenkai Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

^d Physical Education and Medicine Research Foundation   (Japan)

^e Tamagawa Seiki Company Limited   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Elderly; Gait; Gyroscope; Pelvic movement

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; ELDERLY; ELDERLY PEOPLE; GAIT; MONITORING SYSTEM; PELVIC MOVEMENT; PREVENTION OF FALLS; PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES; RISK FACTORS; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; WALKING STABILITY; WAVE SHAPE;

ACCELEROMETERS; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GYROSCOPES; HEALTH RISKS; MONITORING; STABILITY;

WALKING AIDS;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT INSTABILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PELVIC MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MOVEMENT; PELVIS; POSTURE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 79956095026     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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