Towards clinical application: Repetitive sensor position re-calibration for improved reliability of gait parameters

Gait and Posture

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1146-1148

  Hamacher, Daniel ^a   Hamacher, Dennis ^a   Taylor, William R ^b   Singh, Navrag B ^b   Schega, Lutz ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Gait variability; Inertial sensors; Reliability; Temporo spatial parameters

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREFOOT; GAIT; GAIT PARAMETER; HUMAN; INERTIAL SENSOR; MALE; MINIMUM FOOT CLEARANCE; MINIMUM TOE CLEARANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSOR; STANCE TIME; STRIDE LENGTH; SWING TIME; WALKING SPEED;

GAIT ANALYSIS; GAIT VARIABILITY; INERTIAL SENSORS; RELIABILITY; TEMPORO-SPATIAL PARAMETERS;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FOREFOOT, HUMAN; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WALKING;

EID: 84897112088     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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