Validation of the Tracmor triaxial accelerometer system for walking
Medicine & Science in Sports & ExercisePublished 1 September 2001Open access
James A. Levine, Paulette Baukol, Klaas R. Westerterp
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The Tracmor triaxial accelerometer provides reproducible and reliable data on the body motion associated with walking regardless of whether a subject walks on a treadmill or level ground and can be used to predict the energetic cost of walking.
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The Tracmor triaxial accelerometer provides reproducible and reliable data on the body motion associated with walking regardless of whether a subject walks on a treadmill or level ground. Tracmor units can be used to predict the energetic cost of walking provided that separate regression equations are derived for each subject to convert Tracmor output to energy expenditure.
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