Title
ACCELEROMETRIC/ENCODER SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE KINEMATIC PARAMETERS DURING STATIONARY HOLONOMIC EXERCISE
Date Issued
01 January 1997
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
University of New Brunswick
Publisher(s)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract
A novel method and system to determine angular accelerations, angular velocities, and angular positions of the thigh and calf has been developed. Measurements are taken during stationary bicycle exercise. The approach considers only two dimensional motion (sagital plain). The kinematic parameters are obtained based on acceleration measurements from two two-dimmensional accelerometers fixed to each member (calf and thigh). The method is unique in that it does not perform integration to arrive to angular positions, thus avoiding buildup of errors associated with integration. Tests were performed using simulated data. An error analysis was performed. The system's expected maximum error is approximately 2° in the calf position for a bicycling speed of one cycle per second.
Start page
277
End page
278
Volume
1997-H
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Matemáticas aplicadas Mecánica aplicada
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85126948708
ISBN of the container
978-079181823-7
Conference
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
Sponsor(s)
The authors are grateful to NASA for supporting this work (Grant NAG9-720).
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