Accelerometer counts and raw acceleration output in relation to mechanical loading

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 448-454

  Rowlands, A V ^a   Stiles, V H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ActiGraph; Bone; GENEA; Ground reaction force; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ACTIGRAPH; FORCE PLATE; GENEA; GROUND REACTION FORCE; GROUND REACTION FORCES; IMPACT FORCE; MECHANICAL LOADING; ONE STEP; PEAK LOADING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESULTANT FORCES;

ACCELEROMETERS; BONE; DROPS; LOADING;

WALKING AIDS;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOGGING; JUMPING; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 84856051548     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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