Using gait symmetry to virtually align a triaxial accelerometer during running and walking

Electronics Letters

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-121

  Avvenuti, M ^a   Casella, A ^a   Cesarini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRE OF MASS; GAIT SYMMETRIES; ROTATION ANGLES; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; VERTICAL ALIGNMENT;

ACCELEROMETERS;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 84877776086     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2012.3763     Document Type: Article

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