A novel approach for assessing gait using foot mounted accelerometers

2011 5th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops, PervasiveHealth 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 218-221

  Patterson, Matt ^a   Caulfield, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

accelerometer; feature detection; foot; gait; swing phase; total acceleration

Indexed keywords

FEATURE DETECTION; FOOT; GAIT; SWING PHASE; TOTAL ACCELERATION;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETERS; HEALTH CARE; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 80054918120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2011.246061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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