DocumentCode
3312991
Title
Use of accelerometers and gyros for hip and knee angle estimation
Author
Alonge, F. ; Cucco, Elisa ; D´Ippolito, Filippo
Author_Institution
Dept. of Energy, Inf. Technol. & Math. Models, Univ. of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
fYear
2013
fDate
4-7 Aug. 2013
Firstpage
939
Lastpage
944
Abstract
In this paper a wearable sensor system, consisting of accelerometers and gyros, has been studied to estimate hip and knee angles. The proposed algorithm, developed in order to avoid the error accumulation due to gyroscopes drift, has been tested on angle measurement of the hip and knee of a commercial device for assisted gait. The results have shown a good accuracy of the angles estimation, also in high angle rate movement.
Keywords
acceleration measurement; accelerometers; angular measurement; biomedical equipment; gait analysis; gyroscopes; wireless sensor networks; accelerometers; angle measurement; assisted gait; commercial device; error accumulation; gyroscopes drift; high angle rate movement; hip angle estimation; knee angle estimation; wearable sensor system; Accelerometers; Estimation; Gyroscopes; Hip; Joints; Knee; Sensors;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-5557-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICMA.2013.6618041
Filename
6618041
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