aTUG: Technical apparatus for gait and balance analysis within component-based Timed Up & Go using mutual ambient sensors

Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 759-778

  Frenken, Thomas ^a   Brell, Melina ^a   Gövercin, Mehmet ^b   Wegel, Sandra ^b   Hein, Andreas ^a  

^a OFFIS INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assessment; aTUG; Balance; Force sensors; Gait; Laser range scanner; LIDAR; Mobility; Sensor fusion; Timed Up and Go (TUG)

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT; ATUG; FORCE SENSOR; GAIT; LASER RANGE SCANNERS; SENSOR FUSION; TIMED UP AND GO (TUG);

BALANCING; CARRIER MOBILITY; EXPERIMENTS; OPTICAL RADAR; SCANNING;

SENSORS;

EID: 84887416348     PISSN: 18685137     EISSN: 18685145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12652-012-0151-x     Document Type: Article

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