Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 322-325 , March 2010

Real-time gait event detection for normal subjects from lower trunk accelerations

Received 13 May 2009 ,Revised 23 October 2009 ,Accepted 19 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.11.014

Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 322-325 , March 2010