Development and validation of a low-cost, portable and wireless gait assessment tool

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 541-546

  Macleod, Catherine A ^a,b   Conway, Bernard A ^a,b   Allan, David B ^b   Galen, Sujay S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Force sensing resistors; Gait analysis; Spatio temporal gait parameters; Wireless sensors

Indexed keywords

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CLINICAL SETTINGS; FORCE SENSING RESISTOR; GAIT ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; GAIT ASSESSMENTS; GAIT PARAMETERS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; WIRELESS SENSOR;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADENCE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOUBLE SUPPORT TIME; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PORTABLE WIRELESS GAIT ASSESSMENT TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; STRIDE DURATION; STRIDE LENGTH; SWING TIME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKING SPEED; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; REHABILITATION; TIME; WALKING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; REHABILITATION; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897117104     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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