Research Article

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.

CategoryIndicatorEquationDescription

Performance measureROMrelpeakMax(ROMrel)Peak change in global orientation of the head relative to the trunk

Temporal quality indicatorsDelayroll_iniDelay at roll initiation
Delayroll_endDelay at roll termination
Delaypush_iniDelay at push initiation
Delaypush_endDelay at push termination

Spatial quality indicatorsSlopeRollDifference between the slope of the best-fit line of the roll curve and the ideal line of identify
SlopePushDifference between the slope of the best-fit line of the push curve and the ideal line of identity
ABCRoll-PushArea contained between the curves from the roll and the push phases