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2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, I2MTC 2017
Ano (publicação definitiva)
2017
Língua
Inglês
País
Estados Unidos da América
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Abstract/Resumo
This paper presents a measurement system that can be used to monitor the usage of walker assistive devices. The forces applied on the legs of the walker device are measured using low cost force sensing resistors and a light detection and ranging device is used to evaluate several gait kinematic parameters, such as, walking speed and walking stride length. To evaluate the right usage of the walker device two walker indexes, one related with the applied forces and the other related with walker gait phases, are introduced. The measurement system includes wireless communication capabilities that enable a local and remote supervision of the measuring data.
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Palavras-chave
Distance measurements,Force measurements,Kinematic parameters,Walker assistive device,Walker risk indexes
Classificação Fields of Science and Technology
- Ciências Físicas - Ciências Naturais
Registos de financiamentos
Referência de financiamento | Entidade Financiadora |
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PTDC/DTP-DES/6776/2014 | Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |