Title :
A study of an expert system for interpreting human walking disorders
Author :
Bylander, Tom ; Weintraub, Michael ; Simon, Sheldon R.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Math., Texas Univ., San Antonio, TX, USA
Abstract :
QUAWDS is a system for interpreting human gait. The interpretation of gait data produced by gait analysis laboratories is difficult to learn and is a time consuming activity for a clinician. As a result, gait analysis is currently practiced by only a few “experts”, making the widespread use of gait analysis limited in clinical practice. In this paper, we discuss a clinical evaluation of QUAWDS for a patient population having cerebral palsy with gait disorders. The implemented computer system performed at about 75% effectiveness when its performance is compared to the gait study reports produced by our expert
Keywords :
biomechanics; medical expert systems; performance evaluation; QUAWDS; cerebral palsy; clinical evaluation; expert system; gait analysis; gait disorders; human walking disorders interpretation; patient population; performance; Birth disorders; Cause effect analysis; Expert systems; Humans; Information analysis; Laboratories; Legged locomotion; Muscles; Orthopedic surgery; Performance analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Artificial Intelligence for Applications, 1994., Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonia, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5550-X
DOI :
10.1109/CAIA.1994.323676
