The iFit: An Integrated Physical Fitness TestingSystem to Evaluate the Degree of Physical

Fitness of the Elderly

Chairman ： Dr. Hung-Chi YangPresenter： Chung-Min HsuAdviser ： Dr. Pei-Jarn ChenDate ： 2014/3/19

Kevin C. Tseng, Member, IEEE, Alice May-Kuen Wong, Chien-Lung Hsu∗, Member, IEEE, Tsai-Hsuan Tsai,

Chang-Mu Han, and Ming-Ren Lee

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, VOL. 60, NO. 1, JANUARY 2013

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