Application of the Earth's Magnetic Field and Accelerometry to the Measurement of Net Knee Extensor Torque

Topics:
Healthcare Products
Tags:
Earth,
Leg,
Magnetic Field,
Transducer
Source:
Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Overview: This paper presents a new angle measurement and torque estimation scheme. The angle of the shin is measured with a light, inexpensive two-axis magneto resistive bridge, sensing the swing of the leg through the Earth's magnetic field. The plane of swing is magnetic north-south. The transducer is currently hard-wired to a computer, but it is planned to couple it via a miniature radio transmitter. A single-axis accelerometer is mounted on the leg, below the knee at a specific distance, based on anthropomorphic data. This enables the gravity nonlinearity in the equation of leg swing to be cancelled out.

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Format: PDF | Size: 93KB | Date: Nov 2001 | Pages: 4

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