Development of a new approach to quantifying stepping stability using ensemble empirical mode decomposition

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 495-500

  Cui, Xingran ^a,e   Peng, Chung Kang ^a,b,e   Costa, Madalena D ^a,e   Weiss, Aner ^c   Goldberger, Ary L ^a,e   Hausdorff, Jeffrey M ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Tel Aviv University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Aging; Ensemble empirical mode decomposition; Falls; Gait

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; AGED; ARTICLE; BERG BALANCE SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMIC GAIT INDEX; ENSEMBLE EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOUR SQUARE STEP TEST; GAIT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOBILIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; STEP STABILITY INDEX; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WALKING; WALKING HARNESS; WALKING SPEED;

ACCELEROMETER; AGING; ENSEMBLE EMPIRICAL MODE DECOMPOSITION; FALLS; GAIT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84888296222     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2013.08.036     Document Type: Article

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