A Wearable Sensing System for Tracking and Monitoring of Functional Arm Movement

• Published in: IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 213 - 220
• Main Authors: Kim Doang Nguyen, I-Ming Chen, Zhiqiang Luo, Song Huat Yeo, Duh, Henry Been-Lirn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.04.2011; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Accelerometers; Biomedical monitoring; Buses (vehicles); Detection; Fiber optics; Humans; Joints; Mechatronics; Modules; Monitoring; Motion capture and analysis; Motion control; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Sensor systems; Sensors; Strips; Tracking; wearable sensors

This paper presents a new sensing system for home-based rehabilitation based on optical linear encoder (OLE), in which the motion of an optical encoder on a code strip is converted to the limb joints' goniometric data. A body sensing module was designed, integrating the OLE and an accelerometer...