A comparison of algorithms for body-worn sensor-based spatiotemporal gait parameters to the gaitrite electronic walkway

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-355

  Greene, Barry R ^a,b   Foran, Timothy G ^c   McGrath, Denise ^d   Doheny, Emer P ^a,b   Burns, Adrian ^a,b   Caulfield, Brian ^d  

^a Intel Research Cambridge Lab   (United Kingdom)

^b TRIL Centre   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Body worn sensors; Gait analysis; GAITRite; SHIMMER

Indexed keywords

GAIT ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BODY-WORN SENSORS; DETECTION TIME; GAIT PARAMETERS; GAITRITE; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; NORMAL WALKING; PERFORMANCE OF ALGORITHM; SHIMMER;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSOR; VELOCITY; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84865290259     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.28.3.349     Document Type: Article

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