A wearable inertial measurement unit for long-term monitoring in the dependency care area

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 14079-14104

  Rodríguez Martín, Daniel ^a   Pérez López, Carlos ^a   Samà, Albert ^a   Cabestany, Joan ^a   Català, Andreu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Autonomy; Firmware; Hardware; Inertial sensors; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; COMPUTER HARDWARE; FIRMWARE; GAIT ANALYSIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

ACCELEROMETRY; AUTONOMY; HUMAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; INERTIAL SENSOR; LONG TERM MONITORING; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER;

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84886900672     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s131014079     Document Type: Article

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