Development of cost-effective human motion analysis system for children with movement disorders

Author

Yu Zheng Chong ; Shung Jiu Yong ; Yunus, Jasmy

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mechatron. & Biomed. Eng., Univ. Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

fYear

2014

Firstpage

607

Lastpage

611

Abstract

This paper describes the design and development of a cost-effective (development cost of USD 300) human motion analysis system for children with movement disorders. Developed system consists of a Microsoft Kinect™ camera system, wearable force insole system, and data acquisition system. The system is capable of datalogging, and analysing kinematics, and kinetics parameters of gait. Real-time kinematics data obtained from normal walking, and kinetics data obtained from the test subjects reported to be within normal references provided in literatures. It is anticipated that the system will be beneficial in providing an alternative gait analysis system for children with movement disorders.

Keywords

biomedical optical imaging; data acquisition; gait analysis; image motion analysis; kinematics; medical disorders; medical image processing; mobile computing; paediatrics; video cameras; wearable computers; Microsoft Kinect camera system; alternative gait analysis system; children movement disorders; cost-effective human motion analysis system; data acquisition system; datalogging; gait kinetics parameters; kinematics analysis; motion analysis system design; motion analysis system development; normal walking; real-time kinematics data; wearable force insole system; Biomedical measurement; Force; Joints; Kinematics; Legged locomotion; Pediatrics; Sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Sciences (IECBES), 2014 IEEE Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECBES.2014.7047575

Filename

7047575