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SUBMITTER: Olsen E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3436021 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Olsen Emil E Andersen Pia Haubro PH Pfau Thilo T
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 20120612 6
The increased variations of temporal gait events when pathology is present are good candidate features for objective diagnostic tests. We hypothesised that the gait events hoof-on/off and stance can be detected accurately and precisely using features from trunk and distal limb-mounted Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs). Four IMUs were mounted on the distal limb and five IMUs were attached to the skin over the dorsal spinous processes at the withers, fourth lumbar vertebrae and sacrum as well as l ...[more]