Title :
Fitting of Mathematical Functions to Biomechanical Data
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, Division of Biological Sciences, Guy´´s Hospital Medical School
Abstract :
A method is presented to decide the order a polynomial or Fourier series best represents a set of biomechanical data points, with regard to the calculation of the first and second derivatives of the data.
Keywords :
Accelerometers; Bioinformatics; Biology computing; Chebyshev approximation; Force measurement; Fourier series; Inspection; Least squares approximation; Least squares methods; Polynomials; Biomechanics; Extremities; Humans; Locomotion; Mathematics; Movement; Muscles;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1979.326551
