An optimized Kalman filter for the estimate of trunk orientation from inertial sensors data during treadmill walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-142

  Mazzà, Claudia ^a   Donati, Marco ^a   McCamley, John ^a   Picerno, Pietro ^a   Cappozzo, Aurelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerations; Angular velocities; Biomechanics; Gait; Kalman filter; Trunk orientation; Upper body

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANGULAR VELOCITY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSENSOR; BODY POSTURE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KALMAN FILTER; LINEAR ACCELERATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREADMILL; TRUNK ORIENTATION; WALKING; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855976212     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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