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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">najo</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Nanosystems: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Наносистемы: физика, химия, математика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2220-8054</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2305-7971</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Университет ИТМО</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17586/2220-8054-2016-7-3-538-541</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">najo-1312</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PAPERS, PRESENTED AT NANO-2015</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>PAPERS, PRESENTED AT NANO-2015</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Sitting posture health monitoring for scoliosis patients using capacitive micro accelerometer</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Sitting posture health monitoring for scoliosis patients using capacitive micro accelerometer</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Naveen</surname><given-names>P.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Naveen</surname><given-names>P.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Department of Mechatronics Engineering</p><p>Erode</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Department of Mechatronics Engineering</p><p>Erode</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">shairnav@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Gomathi</surname><given-names>K.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Gomathi</surname><given-names>K.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Department of Mechatronics Engineering</p><p>Erode</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Department of Mechatronics Engineering</p><p>Erode</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">gomu.k@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Senthilkumar</surname><given-names>А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Senthilkumar</surname><given-names>A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Pollachi, Tamilnadu</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Pollachi, Tamilnadu</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">ask.rect@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Thangavel</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Thangavel</surname><given-names>S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Department of Mechatronics Engineering</p><p>Erode</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Department of Mechatronics Engineering</p><p>Erode</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">thangavel.kks@hotmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Kongu Engineering College</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Kongu Engineering College</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff-2"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dr. MCET</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Dr. MCET</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2016</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>20</day><month>08</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>7</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>538</fpage><lpage>541</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Naveen P., Gomathi K., Senthilkumar A., Thangavel S., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Naveen P., Gomathi K., Senthilkumar А., Thangavel S.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Naveen P., Gomathi K., Senthilkumar A., Thangavel S.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/1312">https://nanojournal.ifmo.ru/jour/article/view/1312</self-uri><abstract><p>Recently, the accelerometer has taken on a vital role in health monitoring system. The monitoring of patients disease has been aided by the use of different diagnostics. These devices exist at the macro level and also in micro level for condition monitoring. Capacitive Micro-accelerometer is a wearable sensor for monitoring of scoliosis disease in patients by analyzing their sitting posture, asymmetrical balance of patients. A new approach for accelerometer , using an L-shaped cantilever parallel plate MEMS accelerometer design is proposed. This micro accelerometer is designed using INTELLISUITE 8.6. Static analysis is done using Thermo Electro Mechanical module to examine the performance. Proposed design is compared with the existing design. In the future , this can also be applied in NANO level applications with respect to its design and fabrication.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Recently, the accelerometer has taken on a vital role in health monitoring system. The monitoring of patients disease has been aided by the use of different diagnostics. These devices exist at the macro level and also in micro level for condition monitoring. Capacitive Micro-accelerometer is a wearable sensor for monitoring of scoliosis disease in patients by analyzing their sitting posture, asymmetrical balance of patients. A new approach for accelerometer , using an L-shaped cantilever parallel plate MEMS accelerometer design is proposed. This micro accelerometer is designed using INTELLISUITE 8.6. Static analysis is done using Thermo Electro Mechanical module to examine the performance. Proposed design is compared with the existing design. In the future , this can also be applied in NANO level applications with respect to its design and fabrication.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>health monitoring</kwd><kwd>scoliosis disease</kwd><kwd>sitting posture</kwd><kwd>micro-accelerometer</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>health monitoring</kwd><kwd>scoliosis disease</kwd><kwd>sitting posture</kwd><kwd>micro-accelerometer</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">L.M. Roylance and J.B. Angell. A Batch-Fabricated Silicon Accelerometer. IEEE Trans. Elec. Dev., 1979, ED-26, P. 1911.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">L.M. Roylance and J.B. Angell. A Batch-Fabricated Silicon Accelerometer. IEEE Trans. Elec. 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