Gait and foot clearance parameters obtained using shoe-worn inertial sensors in a large-population sample of older adults

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 443-457

  Dadashi, Farzin ^a   Mariani, Benoit ^a   Rochat, Stephane ^b   Büla, Christophe J ^b   Santos Eggimann, Brigitte ^c   Aminian, Kamiar ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ambulatory system; Elderly; Foot clearance; Gait; Reference data; Sensor fusion

Indexed keywords

SENSOR DATA FUSION; WEARABLE SENSORS;

AMBULATORY SYSTEMS; ELDERLY; FOOT CLEARANCES; GAIT; GAIT PARAMETERS; INERTIAL SENSOR; LARGE POPULATION; OLDER ADULTS; REFERENCE DATA; SENSOR FUSION;

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84891440992     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140100443     Document Type: Article

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