Accuracy of the Microsoft Kinect™ for measuring gait parameters during treadmill walking

Gait and Posture

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-151

  Xu, Xu ^a   McGorry, Raymond W ^a   Chou, Li Shan ^b   Lin, Jia hua ^c   Chang, Chien chi ^d  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Knee and hip joint angle; Step time; Step width

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WALKING SPEED; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICES; EXERCISE TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937811549     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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