Validation of an ear-worn sensor for gait monitoring using a force-plate instrumented treadmill

Gait and Posture

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 674-676

  Atallah, Louis ^a   Wiik, Anatole ^a   Jones, Gareth G ^a   Lo, Benny ^a   Cobb, Justin P ^a   Amis, Andrew ^a   Yang, Guang Zhong ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Body sensor networks; Gait cycle; Instrumented treadmill; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; EAR WORN SENSOR; FEMALE; FORCE PLATE INSTRUMENTED TREADMILL; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859213624     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.11.021     Document Type: Article

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