Recommended number of strides for automatic assessment of gait symmetry and regularity in above-knee amputees by means of accelerometry and autocorrelation analysis

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tura, Andrea ^a,b   Rocchi, Laura ^b   Raggi, Michele ^c   Cutti, Andrea G ^c   Chiari, Lorenzo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INAIL Prostheses Centre   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; LIMB PROSTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; AMPUTEES; ARTIFICIAL LIMBS; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY;

EID: 84856620234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-9-11     Document Type: Article

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