Kinematics
Shimmer has a full range of kinematic modules for wearable inertial measurements (often referred to as IMU’s: inertial measurement units) and complex motion sensing applications. Whether you require 3 axis (Accelerometer), 6 axis (Accel/Gyro), or full 9 degrees (Accel/Gyro/Magnetometer) of freedom motion capture – Shimmer provides low power sensing capability all in a small wearable form factor.
Applications
Inertial measurement units (IMU) are particular useful to applications involving any level of biomechanics, motion tracking, orientation, or activity classification. Shimmer’s kinematics modules have been applied to aspects of personal health monitoring to classify and measure levels of activity, calorific expenditure, posture and gait analysis, motor fluctuation, monitor rehabilitation, assess exercise accuracy and compliance, and for environmental vibration monitoring. Please see a list of some of the area’s Shimmer kinematics can be used in:
- Motion tracking and streaming of biomechanical data
- Gestural computing and human-computer interface research
- Sport technique analysis and athlete development
- Rehabilitation assessment
- Motor disorder monitoring
- Gait analysis
- Navigation and tracking of objects or people
- Field detection environmental sensing
- Activity classification and energy expenditure
Published Articles
Please see a selection of the published papers that have utilised the Shimmer Kinematic modules:
- Monitoring Motor Fluctuations in Patients with Parkison’s Disease Using Shimmer.
- Assessment of Gait Complexity in Parkinson’s Disease through a Network of Wireless Wearable Sensors.
- The use of Shimmer to Detect Stride Time in Running Gait.
- An adaptive gyroscope-based algorithm for temporal gait analysis.
- Accelerometer-based Energy Expenditure Estimation with Shimmer.
- Detecting Epileptic Seizures Using Wearable Sensor Technologies.
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