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Title:
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GAIT ASSESSMENT USING A PORTABLE ACCELERATION MONITOR |
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Author(s):
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Naruhiro Shiozawa , Shima Okada, Masaaki Makikawa |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-16-8 |
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Editors:
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Mário Macedo |
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Year:
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2010 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Acceleration, center of gravity, gait assessment, elderly. |
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Type:
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Poster/Demonstration |
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First Page:
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289 |
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Last Page:
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291 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This study developed a portable acceleration monitoring device for gait assessments, and applied it to assess the gait of elderly. In a gait assessment experiment, 21 elderly subjects, wearing the portable acceleration monitoring device on their lower backs, walked on a test track. Four sets of evaluation indexes (physical activity, stability, symmetry, average speed) were derived from the acceleration data obtained in the experiment. |
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