Instrumenting gait with an accelerometer: A system and algorithm examination

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 400-407

  Godfrey, A ^a,b   Del Din, S ^a,b   Barry, G ^a,b,c   Mathers, J C ^a   Rochester, L ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Algorithm; Gait; Healthy ageing; Validation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ALGORITHMS; GAIT ANALYSIS;

BODY-WORN SENSORS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOLS; GAIT; HEALTHY AGEING; INTERVENTION STUDIES; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; TESTING PROTOCOLS; VALIDATION;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY WORN SENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; GENERAL DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANCE TIME; STEP LENGTH; STEP TIME; STRIDE TIME; SWING TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOTAL STEP COUNT; VALIDATION STUDY; WALKWAY; ACCELEROMETRY; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GAIT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925740314     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.02.003     Document Type: Article

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