The PARAChute Project: Remote Monitoring of Posture and Gait for Fall Prevention
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1 Institute Charles Delaunay, FRE CNRS 2848, University of Technology of Troyes, 10000 Troyes, France 2UMR LORIA 7503, Université de Nancy, CNRS-INRIA, Campus Scientifique, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France 3 Institut régional de Réadaptation, Faculté de medicine, 9 Avenue de la Forêt de Haye, BP 184, 54500 Vandoeuvre, France 4Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory, Institut of Myology, GH Pitié-Salpêtrière, 75651 Paris, France
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- EURASIP J. Adv. Sig. Proc.
دوره 2007 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007