Gait rehabilitation assessment based on microwave Doppler radars embedded in walkers

2015 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications, MeMeA 2015 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 208-213

  Postolache, Octavian ^a   Pereira, J M Dias ^b   Viegas, Vitor ^b   Girao, Pedro Silva ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

gait analysis; gait rehabilitation; microwave Doppler radar; wireless instrumentation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER RADAR; GAIT ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROGRAPHS;

GAIT REHABILITATION; MECHANICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MOTION CHARACTERISTICS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REHABILITATION SERVICES; TIME FREQUENCY TRANSFORM; WAVELET SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS INSTRUMENTATION;

PATIENT REHABILITATION;

EID: 84939477578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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