Kinematics of gait: New method for angle estimation based on accelerometers

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10571-10585

  Djurić Jovičić, Milica D ^a,b   Jovičić, Nenad S ^a   Popović, Dejan B ^a,c  

^a School of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

^b TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Ambulatory system; Angles; Gait assessment

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANKLE; ARTHROMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; WALKING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINTS; KNEE JOINT; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; WALKING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 82055191700     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s111110571     Document Type: Article

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