Paper Info
Title
An adaptive gyroscope-based algorithm for temporal gait analysis
Abstract
Body-worn kinematic sensors have been widely proposed as the optimal solution for portable, low cost, ambulatory monitoring of gait. This study aims to evaluate an adaptive gyroscope-based algorithm for automated temporal gait analysis using body-worn wireless gyroscopes. Gyroscope data from nine healthy adult subjects performing four walks at four different speeds were then compared against data acquired simultaneously using two force plates and an optical motion capture system. Data from a poliomyelitis patient, exhibiting pathological gait walking with and without the aid of a crutch, were also compared to the force plate. Results show that the mean true error between the adaptive gyroscope algorithm and force plate was −4.5 ± 14.4 ms and 43.4 ± 6.0 ms for IC and TC points, respectively, in healthy subjects. Similarly, the mean true error when data from the polio patient were compared against the force plate was −75.61 ± 27.53 ms and 99.20 ± 46.00 ms for IC and TC points, respectively. A comparison of the present algorithm against temporal gait parameters derived from an optical motion analysis system showed good agreement for nine healthy subjects at four speeds. These results show that the algorithm reported here could constitute the basis of a robust, portable, low-cost system for ambulatory monitoring of gait.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/s11517-010-0692-0
Med. Biol. Engineering and Computing
Keywords
Field
DocType
gait analysis,motion capture
Computer vision,Gyroscope,Kinematics,Gait,Force platform,Algorithm,Gait analysis,Artificial intelligence,Motion analysis,Adaptive algorithm,Mathematics,Crutch
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
48
12
1741-0444
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
29
2.72
8
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Barry R. Greene110917.81
Denise McGrath2405.72
Ross O’Neill3292.72
O'Donovan Karol J4313.22
Adrian Burns5303.77
Brian Caulfield6354.73