New method for motion measurement and control.
A simple, inexpensive and novel method is proposed to acquire information on the motion characteristics of a patient during ambulation, by assuming the earth's magnetic field as reference.
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Istituto di Elaborazione dell'Informazione del CNR, Pisa, Italy.
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D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D004867:Equipment Design; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion / Q000502:physiology*; D008280:Magnetics