Review of accelerometry for determining daily activity among elderly patients

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 998-1014

  Cheung, Vivian H ^a,b   Gray, Len ^a   Karunanithi, Mohanraj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Ambulatory monitoring; Motor activity; Movement; Rehabilitation; Review literature; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ACCELEROMETRY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; REVIEW; STERNUM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIGH; WALKING; WRIST;

ACCELERATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; REHABILITATION;

EID: 79957629096     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: 1532821X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.12.040     Document Type: Review

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