Design and costruction of step counters for disable people: Preliminar experience at the Italian institute of health

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 4927-4929

  Maccioni, Giovanni ^a,b   Macellari, Velio ^a,b   Giansanti, Daniele ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROCNEMIUS EXPANSION MEASUREMENT UNIT (GEMU); PEDOMETER; STEP COUNTERS; WEARABLE SYSTEMS;

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; INTEROPERABILITY; PATHOLOGY;

HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; ITALY; LEG; LOCOMOTION; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABLED PERSONS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; ITALY; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 84903874443     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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