ArticleJournal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation2010
Gait symmetry and regularity in transfemoral amputees assessed by trunk accelerations.
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- Effects of Gait Strategy and Speed on Regularity of Locomotion Assessed in Healthy Subjects Using a Multi-Sensor Method.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Trial
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- Relation of gait measures with mild unilateral knee pain during walking using machine learning.Scientific reports · 2022Observational
- Identifying the Effects of Age and Speed on Whole-Body Gait Symmetry by Using a Single Wearable Sensor.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effects of aging on cognitive and brain inter-network integration patterns underlying usual and dual-task gait performance.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Characterizing the Gait of People With Different Types of Amputation and Prosthetic Components Through Multimodal Measurements: A Methodological Perspective.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2022Article
- Alzheimer's Disease Detection Using Comprehensive Analysis of Timed Up and Go Test via Kinect V.2 Camera and Machine Learning.IEEE transactions on neural systems and rehabilitation engineering : a publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society · 2022Article
- Signatures of Gait Movement Variability in CKD Patients Scheduled for Hemodialysis Indicate Pathological Performance Before and After Hemodialysis: A Prospective, Observational Study.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to evaluate a method based on a single accelerometer for the assessment of gait symmetry and regularity in subjects wearing lower limb prostheses.
methodsTen transfemoral amputees and ten healthy control subjects were studied. For the purpose of this study, subjects wore a triaxial accelerometer on their thorax, and foot insoles. Subjects were asked to walk straight ahead for 70 m at their natural speed, and at a lower and faster speed. Indices of step and stride regularity (Ad1 and Ad2, respectively) were obtained by the autocorrelation coefficients computed from the three acceleration components. Step and stride durations were calculated from the plantar pressure data and were used to compute two reference indices (SI1 and SI2) for step and stride regularity.
resultsRegression analysis showed that both Ad1 well correlates with SI1 (R2 up to 0.74), and Ad2 well correlates with SI2 (R2 up to 0.52). A ROC analysis showed that Ad1 and Ad2 has generally a good sensitivity and specificity in classifying amputee's walking trial, as having a normal or a pathologic step or stride regularity as defined by means of the reference indices SI1 and SI2. In particular, the antero-posterior component of Ad1 and the vertical component of Ad2 had a sensitivity of 90.6% and 87.2%, and a specificity of 92.3% and 81.8%, respectively.
conclusionsThe use of a simple accelerometer, whose components can be analyzed by the autocorrelation function method, is adequate for the assessment of gait symmetry and regularity in transfemoral amputees.
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