Novel algorithm for a smartphone-based 6-minute walk test application: Algorithm, application development, and evaluation

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Capela, Nicole A ^a,b   Lemaire, Edward D ^a,b   Baddour, Natalie ^b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Application software; Body worn sensors; Gait; Inertial measurement unit; Mobile computing; Rehabilitation; Smartphone; Software design

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALK TEST; ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXPERIMENTAL LOCOMOTOR ACTIVITY TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WALKING SPEED; ACCELEROMETRY; ALGORITHM; DEVICES; EXERCISE TEST; PROCEDURES; REHABILITATION; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE; WALKING;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REHABILITATION; SMARTPHONE; SOFTWARE; WALKING;

EID: 84928656323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-015-0013-9     Document Type: Article

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