Quantitative Approach Based on Wearable Inertial Sensors to Assess and Identify Motion and Errors in Techniques Used during Training of Transfers of Simulated c-Spine-Injured Patients
Table 1
Performance and quality indicators for the log-roll.
Category
Indicator
Equation
Description
Performance measure
ROMrelpeak
Max(ROMrel)
Peak change in global orientation of the head relative to the trunk
Temporal quality indicators
Delayroll_ini
Delay at roll initiation
Delayroll_end
Delay at roll termination
Delaypush_ini
Delay at push initiation
Delaypush_end
Delay at push termination
Spatial quality indicators
SlopeRoll
Difference between the slope of the best-fit line of the roll curve and the ideal line of identify
SlopePush
Difference between the slope of the best-fit line of the push curve and the ideal line of identity
ABCRoll-Push
Area contained between the curves from the roll and the push phases