Measurement of transmission of vibration through the human spine using skin-mounted inertial sensors

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 690-695

  Morgado Ramírez, Dafne Z ^a   Strike, Siobhan ^a   Lee, Raymond Y W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inertial sensor; Physical activity; Skin; Spine; Vibration transmission

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION SIGNALS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CROSS-CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFERENT FREQUENCY; INERTIAL SENSOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SPINE; VIBRATION TRANSMISSION;

POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; SENSORS; SKIN;

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN SENSATION; THORACIC SPINE; VIBRATION SENSE; VIBRATION TRANSMISSION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SKIN; SPINE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84877603120     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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