Inertial sensor-based robust gait analysis in non-hospital settings for neurological disorders

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Tunca, Can ^a   Pehlivan, Nezihe ^a   Ak, Nağme ^b   Arnrich, Bert ^a   Salur, Gülüstü ^b,c   Ersoy, Cem ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b 65+ Elder Rights Association   (Turkey)

^c Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gait analysis; Inertial sensors; Kalman filter; Neurological disorders; Parkinson s disease; Spatio temporal gait metrics; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; GAIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALS; INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; KALMAN FILTERS; NEUROLOGY;

GAIT ANALYSIS SYSTEMS; INERTIAL SENSOR; MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEM; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; REALISTIC CONDITIONS; REFERENCE SYSTEMS; SPATIO TEMPORAL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ACCURACY;

WEARABLE SENSORS;

FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE;

FOOT; GAIT; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 85017447565     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s17040825     Document Type: Article

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