Gait asymmetry detection in older adults using a light ear-worn sensor

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Atallah, L ^a   Wiik, A ^a   Lo, B ^a   Cobb, J P ^a   Amis, A A ^a   Yang, G Z ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asymmetry; gait; sensors; wireless

Indexed keywords

PATTERN RECOGNITION; SPORTING GOODS; SURGERY;

ASYMMETRY; ASYMMETRY DETECTION; FLATTER SURFACES; FORCE PLATE; GAIT; HIP ARTHROPLASTIES; IMPORTANT FEATURES; LIGHT WEIGHT; OLDER ADULTS; SENSOR;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; EAR; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OSTEOARTHRITIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899007567     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/35/5/N29     Document Type: Article

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