Evaluation of lower limb motor function using wireless motion sensors? A comparison of normal elderly subjects and those requiring support level 1

IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Miyoshi, Hiroaki ^a   Numata, Takayuki ^b   Kuwae, Yutaka ^b,c   Sekine, Masaki ^b   Tsuji, Miwa ^c   Okabe, Ichiro ^a   Hara, Keita ^a   Fujimoto, Toshiro ^d   Tamura, Toshiyo ^b  

^a SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Daigo Hospital   (Japan)

^d Fujimoto Hayasuzu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Gait; Quantitative assessment; Stepping; Wireless motion sensor

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VELOCITY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FUNCTION EVALUATION;

AUTOCORRELATION COEFFICIENT; AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CLIMBING STEPS; ELDERLY PEOPLE; GAIT; INERTIA SENSOR; LEVEL-1; LOWER LIMB; MOTION SENSORS; MOTOR FUNCTION; PITCH ANGLE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE; STEPPING; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

SENSORS;

EID: 84856734431     PISSN: 03854221     EISSN: 13488155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1541/ieejeiss.132.104     Document Type: Article

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