Ambulatory Measurement of Three-Dimensional Foot Displacement during Treadmill Walking Using Wearable Wireless Ultrasonic Sensor Network

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 446-452

  Qi, Yongbin ^a   Soh, Cheong Boon ^a   Gunawan, Erry ^a   Low, Kay Soon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Foot clearance; rehabilitation; ultrasound; walking assessment; wearable sensor; wireless sensor network

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MOTION CAPTURE; MOTION TRACKING; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SPORTING GOODS; TRACKING (POSITION); ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC SENSORS; ULTRASONICS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

AMBULATORY MEASUREMENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; FOOT CLEARANCES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; TRAJECTORY MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMITTERS; WALKING ASSESSMENTS; WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WALKING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WALKING; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924854497     PISSN: 21682194     EISSN: 21682208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2014.2316998     Document Type: Article

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