Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
Patent
1999-03-17
2000-12-26
Winakur, Eric F.
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
600587, A61B 5103, A61B 5117
Patent
active
061651435
ABSTRACT:
A method for measuring and numerically indicating the extent to which an individual is limited in daily life activities, comprising measuring, with the aid of at least one sensor to be fastened to the body of the individual to be examined, postures, movements and/or motional changes of the body and/or parts of the body of the individual in a selected number of motor activities to be performed by the individual, wherein the measuring data of the sensor are inputted into a computing device and are subsequently compared to corresponding reference data inputted into the computing device, coming from one or more standard groups, in order to determine per measurement or series of measurements a percentage indicating the extent to which the individual is limited as regards the activity in question.
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Marmor II Charles
Winakur Eric F.
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