Title :
Measuring functional mobility
Author :
LaCourse, John R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Hampshire Univ, Durham, NH, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1991. IMTC-91. Conference Record., 8th IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-579-2
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1991.161652
