An ambulatory system for physical activity monitoring in elderly

1st Annual International IEEE-EMBS Special Topic Conference on Microtechnologies in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 562-566

  Najafi, B ^a   Aminian, K ^a   Loew, F ^b   Blanc, Y ^b   Robert, Ph ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; PATIENT MONITORING; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; AMBULATORY SYSTEMS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; KINEMATIC SENSORS; KINEMATICS MODELING; OPTICAL MOTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY MONITORING;

MONITORING;

EID: 84952663486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MMB.2000.893847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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