Title :
Method for monitoring acceleration of the trunk during gait
Author :
Villanueva, D. ; Trujillo, A. ; Fermon, E. ; Cardiel, E. ; Hedz, Pablo-Ro
Author_Institution :
Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados, IPN, Mexico City, Mexico
Abstract :
In this study we describe the electronic instrumentation for monitoring the trajectories of the trunk of the human body during gait of healthy subjects on a treadmill. Acceleration signals were assessed using the information provided by foot pressure sensors. This system is light, compact, inexpensive, and does not provoke any discomfort to subjects during the experimental evaluation. Several clinical and experimental applications can be proposed such as monitoring rehabilitation progress, outcomes during the use of gait orthoses, and fall risk during functional locomotion.
Keywords :
acceleration measurement; accelerometers; biomedical electronics; gait analysis; orthotics; patient monitoring; patient rehabilitation; acceleration monitoring; clinical applications; electronic instrumentation; fall risk; foot pressure sensors; functional locomotion; gait; gait orthoses; healthy subjects; human body; light compact inexpensive system; rehabilitation progress; trajectories; trunk; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Cities and towns; Foot; Humans; Instruments; Legged locomotion; Monitoring; Sampling methods; Signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1106638
