DocumentCode
1603941
Title
Measuring functional mobility
Author
LaCourse, John R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Hampshire Univ, Durham, NH, USA
fYear
1991
Firstpage
538
Lastpage
540
Abstract
The actimeter is a computerised device that measures and records gross human body movements up to a 24 hour time span. The data obtained from the actimeter are used to compare the body position profiles of disabled individuals to those of able-bodied individuals for identifying a possible job match. The analysis of preliminary data obtained from the actimeter indicates that the system is up to 93% accurate
Keywords
biomechanics; biomedical measurement; computerised instrumentation; computerised monitoring; position measurement; 24 hours; actimeter; body position profiles; disabled; functional mobility; handicapped assessment; human body movements; microcontroller; Boilers; Displays; Graphics; Information retrieval; Performance evaluation; Testing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1991. IMTC-91. Conference Record., 8th IEEE
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN
0-87942-579-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IMTC.1991.161652
Filename
161652
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