Method and apparatus for determining the attachment position of a motion sensing apparatus

A motion sensing apparatus, comprising:

• a housing unit operable to be attached to an object at an attachment position;
• an accelerometer coupled with the housing unit and operable to provide a signal corresponding to an acceleration measurement;
• a memory including a database of motion analysis algorithms;
• and
• a processing system operable to—
• acquire the signal corresponding to the acceleration measurement,
• analyze the acquired acceleration measurement to identify the attachment position of the housing unit,
• access the memory to select a motion analysis algorithm from the database based on the identified attachment position, and
• determine a motion parameter utilizing the selected motion analysis algorithm.