Validity of using tri-axial accelerometers to measure human movement-Part I: Posture and movement detection

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-176

  Lugade, Vipul ^a   Fortune, Emma ^a   Morrow, Melissa ^a   Kaufman, Kenton ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Accuracy; Gait velocity; Movement analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; GAIT VELOCITY; MOVEMENT ANALYSIS;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; JOGGING; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895073573     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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