Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface pp. i-vii
Chapter 1. Accelerometers: Types and Applications
(Alejandro Santos-Lozano, Pedro J. Marín and Nuria Garatachea, Faculty of Health and Sport Science Department of Physiotherapy and Nursing University of Zaragoza, Spain, and others)pp. 1-26
Chapter 2. Optical Fiber Bragg Grating Based Accelerometers and Applications
(Paulo Antunes, Cátia Leitão, Hugo Rodrigues, Rui Travanca, João L. Pinto, Aníbal Costa, Humberto Varum and Paulo André, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Campus de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal and others)pp. 27-56
Chapter 3. Motion Capture System Based on the Integration of 3D Accelerometer in a Wireless Inertial Measurement Unit
(Anselmo Frizera, Carlos A. Cifuentes and Teodiano Freire Bastos, Electrical Engineering Department, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil)pp. 57-76
Chapter 4. Identification of Building Dynamic Characteristics by Using the Modal Response Acceleration Time-Histories in the Seismic Excitation and the Wind Dynamic Loading Cases
(Triantafyllos K. Makarios, Earthquake Engineering Division, Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece)pp. 77-114
Chapter 5. Dynamic Measurements as Support to the Analysis and Condition Assessment of Structures
(Hugo Rodrigues, Paulo Antunes, Aníbal Costa and Paulo André, Humberto Varum, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal, and others)pp. 115-134
Chapter 6. Ambient Vibration Measurements for Assessing the Seismic Vulnerability of Bridges
(José M. Jara, Manuel Jara, Guillermo Martínez, Bertha A. Olmos and Rafael Rojas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacán, México)pp. 135-176
Chapter 7. Methodology and Utilization of Accelerometry in Health Related Research
(Clemens Drenowatz, Ulm University Medical Centre, Division of Sports and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ulm, Germany)pp. 177-204
Chapter 8. Application of Accelerometers in Physiological Monitoring – A Review
(Toshiyo Tamura, Osaka Electro-communication University, Osaka, Japan)pp. 205-214
Chapter 9. Applications of the Accelerometer to The Human Jaw: The Assessment of Movement Smoothness
(Ichiro Minami and Alex Wirianski, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, and others)pp. 215-244
Chapter 10. Measuring Physical Activity in Children and Youth: Learning from Experience
(Angela M. Kolen-Thompson, Laurie A. Wadsworth, Xu (Sunny) Wang, Christopher M. van Bommel and Carrie A. Terrio, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada, and others)pp. 245-268
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Chapter 11. Practical Insights into the Measurement of Children’s Physical Activity with Accelerometers: Data Visualization and Interpretation
(E.A. Hinckson, L. McGrath, V. Obolonkin and E. Rush, AUT University, National Institute of Public Health and Mental Health Research (Child Health), Auckland, New Zealand)pp. 269-284
Index pp. 285-295
