WBSN for the assessment of the hippotherapy: A case study

Proceedings - 2011 International Conference on Body Sensor Networks, BSN 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 101-106

  Nerino, Roberto ^a   Bergero, Domenico ^b   Bertolo, Francesco ^b   Guiot, Caterina ^b   Contin, Laura ^c   Garbin, Paolo ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Biomechanics; Cerebral palsy; Horse rider model; Hyppotherapy; Movement analysis

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL PALSY; HORSE-RIDER MODEL; HYPPOTHERAPY; MOTOR FUNCTION; MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; MUSCLE TONE; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; POSTURAL ANALYSIS; POSTURAL CONTROL; SPINAL LESIONS; TIME EVOLUTIONS;

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; PATIENT TREATMENT; RATING; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 80051965500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2011.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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