Real-time human ambulation, activity, and physiological monitoring: Taxonomy of issues, techniques, applications, challenges and limitations

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 12852-12902

  Khusainov, Rinat ^a   Azzi, Djamel ^a   Achumba, Ifeyinwa E ^a   Bersch, Sebastian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data collection and processing; Gait assessment fall risk estimation; Monitoring device framework; Sensor placement; Sensor based monitoring

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; RESEARCH; RISK PERCEPTION; SENSORS;

ALGORITHMIC TECHNIQUES; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DATA COLLECTION; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; MONITORING DEVICE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; RISK ESTIMATION; SENSOR PLACEMENT;

PATIENT MONITORING;

EID: 84884879180     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s131012852     Document Type: Review

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