Design of a mobile gait monitoring system

Author

Bae, Joonbum ; Kong, Kyoungchul ; Tomizuka, Masayoshi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

6-9 July 2010

Firstpage

1362

Lastpage

1367

Abstract

In this paper, a mobile gait monitoring system (MGMS) is proposed for the diagnosis of abnormal gait and rehabilitation. The proposed MGMS consists of Smart Shoes and a micro signal processor with a touch screen display. It monitors patients´ gait by observing the ground contact forces (GCFs) and the center of GCF (CoGCF). Since visual feedback about patients´ gait and normal GCF patterns are provided by the MGMS, patients can practice the rehabilitation treatment by trying to follow the normal GCF patterns without restriction of time and place. Also the GCF data are saved in a micro SD card, and the gait abnormalities (GA) are calculated after the rehabilitation treatment. The effectiveness of the proposed gait analysis methods with the MGMS have been verified by preliminary trials with patients suffering from gait disorders.

Keywords

gait analysis; medical disorders; medical signal processing; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; touch sensitive screens; MGMS; Smart Shoes; center of GCF; gait abnormalities; ground contact forces; micro SD card; micro signal processor; mobile gait monitoring system; patient diagnosis; patient rehabilitation; touch screen display; visual feedback; Foot; Footwear; Joints; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Sensors; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2010 IEEE/ASME International Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8031-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AIM.2010.5695791

Filename

5695791