IBalance-ABF: A smartphone-based audio-biofeedback balance system

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 211-215

  Franco, C ^a,b,c   Fleury, A ^d,e,f   Gumery, P Y ^b   Diot, B ^c   Demongeot, J ^a   Vuillerme, N ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^c IDS   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^f ECOLE DES MINES DE DOUAI   (France)

Author keywords

Ambient assisted living; balance; biofeedback; inertial motion unit; smartphone; wearable device

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; BALANCE SYSTEMS; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; INERTIAL MOTIONS; INERTIAL SENSOR; PROOF OF CONCEPT; SUITABLE SOLUTIONS; SYSTEM MONITORS; TELEREHABILITATION; WEARABLE DEVICES;

PRECISION BALANCES; SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

BIOFEEDBACK;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUDITORY BIOFEEDBACK LOOP; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSOR; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMARTPHONE; STANDING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOFEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGY; CELLULAR PHONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; POSTURAL BALANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84871751675     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2222640     Document Type: Article

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