Instrumenting gait with an accelerometer: A system and algorithm examination. Issue 4 (April 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Godfrey, A.; Del Din, S.; Barry, G.; Mathers, J.C.; Rochester, L.
• Is Part Of: Medical engineering & physics. Volume 37:Issue 4(2015:Apr.)
• Page Start: 400
• Page End: 407
• Publication Date: 2015-04
• Subjects: Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; Biomedical Engineering -- Periodicals; Physics -- Periodicals; Génie biomédical -- Périodiques; Biomedical engineering; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.02.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4533

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0001"> <title id="cesectitle0001">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spara0001"> <list id="celist0001"> <list-item id="celistitem0001"> <label></label> <p id="para0001">Detailed investigation to explain poor variability/asymmetry agreement between accelerometers and instrumented walkway.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0002"> <label></label> <p id="para0002">Caution is urged in the choice of reference system for validation studies.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0003"> <label></label> <p id="para0003">Accelerometers have potential to gather continuous and robust spatio-temporal gait data, representative of normal living.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="celistitem0004"> <label></label> <p id="para0004">Further refinement of the gait algorithms are required.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>