ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019
General Mental Health Is Associated with Gait Asymmetry.
Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Personalized Detection of Functional-State Changes Through Continuous Gait Monitoring: A Methodology for Assistive-Device Users.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Age-related and dual task-induced gait alterations and asymmetry: optimizing the Semmelweis Study gait assessment protocol.GeroScience · 2025Article
- Predicting normative walking biomechanics across the lifespan using seven simple features.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Comparing the Accuracy of Different Wearable Activity Monitors in Patients With Lung Cancer and Providing Initial Recommendations: Protocol for a Pilot Validation Study.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Recovery of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures vs Gait Parameters Obtained by Instrumented Insoles After Tibial and Malleolar Fractures: Prospective Longitudinal Observational Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Observational
- Retrospective Frailty Assessment in Older Adults Using Inertial Measurement Unit-Based Deep Learning on Gait Spectrograms.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Variability and symmetry of gait kinematics under dual-task performance of older patients with depression.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Wearable, Environmental, and Smartphone-Based Passive Sensing for Mental Health Monitoring.Frontiers in digital health · 2021Review
- Can Ensemble Deep Learning Identify People by Their Gait Using Data Collected from Multi-Modal Sensors in Their Insole?Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
Wearable sensors are being applied to real-world motion monitoring and the focus of this work is assessing health status and wellbeing. An extensive literature has documented the effects on gait control of impaired physical health, but in this project, the aim was to determine whether emotional states associated with older people's mental health are also associated with walking mechanics. If confirmed, wearable sensors could be used to monitor affective responses. Lower limb gait mechanics of 126 healthy individuals (mean age 66.2 ± 8.38 years) were recorded using a high-speed 3D motion sensing system and they also completed a 12-item mental health status questionnaire (GHQ-12). Mean step width and minimum foot-ground clearance (MFC), indicative of tripping risk, were moderately correlated with GHQ-12. Ageing and variability (SD) of gait parameters were not significantly correlated with GHQ-12. GHQ-12 scores were, however, highly correlated with left-right gait control, indicating that greater gait symmetry was associated with better mental health. Maintaining good mental health with ageing may promote safer gait and wearable sensor technologies could be applied to gait asymmetry monitoring, possibly using a single inertial measurement unit attached to each shoe.
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