Portable kit for the assessment of gait parameters in daily telerehabilitation

Telemedicine and e-Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 224-232

  Giansanti, Daniele ^a   Morelli, Sandra ^a   MacCioni, Giovanni ^a   Grigioni, Mauro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

home health monitoring; telehealth; telemedicine

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; TELEMEDICINE;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL REPORTING; HOME HEALTH MONITORING; IMBALANCE PROBLEM; SELF-MONITORING; SOFTWARE INTERFACES; TELEHEALTH; TELEREHABILITATION;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; DEVICES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TELEMEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84893343403     PISSN: 15305627     EISSN: 15563669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2012.0091     Document Type: Article

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