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A method for direct measurement of the first-order mass moments of human body segments

Yusaku Fujii1, Kazuhito Shimada, Koichi Maru

  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Gunma University, 1-5-1 Tenjin-cho, Kiryu, Gunma, 376-8515, Japan. fujii@el.gunma-u.ac.jp

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|December 14, 2011
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biomechanicsbody segment inertial parametercenter of mass

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