Mobile smartphone applications for body position measurement in rehabilitation: A review of goniometric tools

PM and R

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1038-1043

  Milani, Patrizia ^a   Coccetta, Carlo Alberto ^a   Rabini, Alessia ^b   Sciarra, Tommaso ^c   Massazza, Giuseppe ^a   Ferriero, Giorgio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CAMERA; COBB ANGLE; GONIOMETRY; HUMAN; MAGNETOMETER; MEDLINE; MOBILE PHONE; PHYSICAL MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; REHABILITATION; VALIDATION STUDY; ARTHROMETRY; DEVICES; MOBILE APPLICATION; UTILIZATION;

ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; CELL PHONES; HUMANS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84927581400     PISSN: 19341482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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