Activity classification using a single chest mounted tri-axial accelerometer

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1127-1135

  Godfrey, A ^a   Bourke, A K ^b,c   Olaighin G M ^b   van de Ven, P ^c   Nelson, J ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; ADL; Discrete wavelet transform; Dot product; Gyroscope; Physical activity; Postural transitions; Scalar product

Indexed keywords

ADL; DISCRETE WAVELETS; DOT PRODUCT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTURAL TRANSITIONS; SCALAR PRODUCT;

DATA REDUCTION; DISCRETE WAVELET TRANSFORMS; GYROSCOPES; SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETERS;

ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT; GYROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREND STUDY; TRI AXIAL ACCELEROMETER; VELOCITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; THORAX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054117123     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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