Enhancing clinical measures of postural stability with wearable sensors

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 4521-4524

  Deshmukh, Priyanka M ^a   Russell, Colin M ^a   Lucarino, Lisa E ^a   Robinovitch, Stephen N ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE VALUES; CENTER OF PRESSURE; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CLINICAL MEASURE; FALL-RELATED INJURY; FORCE PLATE; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; OLDER ADULTS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POSTURAL STABILITY; POSTURAL SWAY; SENSORY CONDITIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS; SURFACE STIFFNESS; WEARABLE SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETERS; HEALTH CARE; STIFFNESS;

SENSORS;

ACCELERATION; ACTIMETRY; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ACTIGRAPHY; ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870853433     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2012.6346972     Document Type: Conference Paper

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