Feasibility study of a wearable system based on a wireless body area network for gait assessment in Parkinson's disease patients

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 4618-4633

  Cancela, Jorge ^a   Pastorino, Matteo ^a   Arredondo, Maria T ^a   Nikita, Konstantina S ^b   Villagra, Federico ^c   Pastor, Maria A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Gait assessment; Parkinson's disease; Wearable body area network

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; GAIT ANALYSIS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); WEARABLE COMPUTERS;

FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GAIT ASSESSMENTS; LONG TERM MONITORING; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; REAL ENVIRONMENTS; WEARABLE BODY AREA NETWORKS; WIRELESS ACCELEROMETERS; WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORK;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84896454180     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140304618     Document Type: Article

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