Walking speed is widely used to study human health status. Wearable inertial measurement
units (IMU) are promising tools for the ambulatory measurement of walking speed. Among …

Physical inactivity is linked with increase in risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, and
diabetes. Walking is an easily available activity to reduce sedentary time. Objective methods …

This research aims to evaluate the XGBoost algorithm and the Lasso Regression approach
for their respective abilities to forecast caloric expenditure during physical activity. Tools and …

Walking is a commonly available activity to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Accurately tracking
and measuring calories expended during walking can improve user feedback and …

Pervasive computing technologies for healthcare Page 1 Pervasive Computing
Technologies for Healthcare Michael OʼGrady, Gregory OʼHare CLARITY: Centre for …

Abstract Systems and methods are provided for estimating a walking speed of a subject. A
method comprises mounting an inertial measurement unit (IMU) on a wrist of the subject, the …

This study investigated energy expenditure estimation using inertial measurement units,
electromyography and O2 Gas Mask sensors whilst undergoing motion. Further …

Recent advances in MEMS wearable inertial/magnetic sensors and mobile computing have
fostered a dramatic growth of interest for ambulatory human motion capture (MoCap) …

This thesis focuses on accurately capturing bio-kinematic parameters for physical tele-
rehabilitation using measurements from inertial sensors. Contributions are: accurately …