The use of inertial sensors system for human motion analysis

Physical Therapy Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 462-473

  Cuesta Vargas, Antonio I ^a   Galán Mercant, Alejandro ^a   Williams, Jonathan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

INERTIAL SENSORS; MOTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979858371     PISSN: 10833196     EISSN: 1743288X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743288X11Y.0000000006     Document Type: Review

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