Development of a second generation wearable accelerometric motion analysis system

Author

Nakahara, Alan K. ; Sabelman, Eric E. ; Jaffe, David L.

Author_Institution

Rehabilitation R&D Center, Palo Alto VA HCS, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Abstract

In a previous report (E.E. Sabelman et al., “Balance diagnosis using a wearable upper body motion analysis computer”, Proc. RESNA Intnl. Conf., p. 81-3, 1992) an analog sensor based wearable accelerometric motion analysis system (WAMAS) used for balance assessment was discussed. Technological advancements since the initial development of WAMAS have permitted development of a faster, smaller, lighter, digital output next-generation system. This paper discusses the development of the next-generation system (WAMAS-2), specifically the interface between the digital accelerometers and the embedded computer system

Keywords

acceleration measurement; biomechanics; biomedical equipment; computerised monitoring; medical computing; motion measurement; patient monitoring; WAMAS-2; balance assessment; balance diagnosis; digital accelerometers; embedded computer system; medical instrumentation; second generation wearable accelerometric motion analysis system development; technological advancements; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Biomedical monitoring; Counting circuits; Embedded computing; Motion analysis; Registers; Research and development; Sensor systems; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.802708

Filename

802708