Laboratory in a box: Wearable sensors and its advantages for gait analysis

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 6507-6510

  Najafi, Bijan ^a   Khan, Tahir ^a   Wrobel, James ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY-WORN SENSORS; FORCE PLATFORM; GAIT PARAMETERS; GAIT PATTERN; GAIT STUDY; GAIT VARIABILITY; LABORATORY ENVIRONMENT; RELIABLE ASSESSMENT; TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY; WALKING PATTERN; WALKING SURFACES; WEARABLE SENSORS; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

GAIT ANALYSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY;

LABORATORIES;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 84055197983     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091605     Document Type: Conference Paper

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