Assessment of human gait speed and energy expenditure using a single triaxial accelerometer

Proceedings - BSN 2012: 9th International Workshop on Wearable and Implantable Body Sensor Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 184-188

  Panagiota, Anstasopoulou ^a   Layal, Shammas ^a   Stefan, Hey ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

accelerometers; energy expenditure; gait speed; physical activity monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FREE LIVINGS; GAIT SPEED; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMAN GAIT; ON-BODY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITORING; SCIENCE RESEARCH; TRACK DATA; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; BODY SENSOR NETWORKS; WALKING AIDS;

SPEED;

EID: 84862270073     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BSN.2012.7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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