Gait and balance analysis for patients with Alzheimer's disease using an inertial-sensor-based wearable instrument

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1822-1830

  Hsu, Yu Liang ^a   Chung, Pau Choo ^a   Wang, Wei Hsin ^a   Pai, Ming Chyi ^b   Wang, Chun Yao ^a   Lin, Chien Wen ^a   Wu, Hao Li ^a   Wang, Jeen Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Balance; Balance analyzing algorithm; Gait; Gait analyzing algorithm; Inertial sensor

Indexed keywords

BALANCING; DIAGNOSIS; GAIT ANALYSIS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATTERN RECOGNITION;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; BALANCE ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; GAIT; HEALTHY CONTROLS; INERTIAL SENSOR; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMBULATORY MONITORING; CLOTHING; DEVICES; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRUNK;

ACCELEROMETRY; AGED; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLOTHING; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TORSO;

EID: 84909619354     PISSN: 21682194     EISSN: 21682208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2014.2325413     Document Type: Article

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