ArticleSpinal cord2021
Using wearable sensors to characterize gait after spinal cord injury: evaluation of test-retest reliability and construct validity.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Gait analysis methods in people with spinal cord injury: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- The Contribution of Machine Learning in the Validation of Commercial Wearable Sensors for Gait Monitoring in Patients: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Pooled it
- A Home-Based Balance Exercise Training Program with Intermittent Visual Deprivation for Persons with Chronic Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury: A Pilot Study on Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Test-Retest Reliability of Task-Oriented Strength and Object Position in a Box Lifting Task Using the Activities of Daily Living Test and Training Device (ADL-TTD) in Children with Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Responsiveness and Minimal Important Change of the Mini- and Brief-Balance Evaluation Systems Tests in People with Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A Prospective Cohort Study.Neurology international · 2025Article
- Reliability of the Mini-BESTest and Brief-BESTest for assessing patients with incomplete spinal cord injury.Spinal cord · 2024Observational
- In-Clinic and Natural Gait Observations master protocol (I-CAN-GO) to validate gait using a lumbar accelerometer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effect of test duration and sensor location on the reliability of standing balance parameters derived using body-mounted accelerometers.Biomedical engineering online · 2024Article
- SmartWear body sensors for neurological and neurosurgical patients: A review of current and future technologies.World neurosurgery: X · 2024Review
- Spatial characteristics of reactive stepping among people living with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2023Article
- Failure Analysis for Gold Wire Bonding of Sensor Packaging Based on Experimental and Numerical Methods.Micromachines · 2023Article
- Data-driven characterization of walking after a spinal cord injury using inertial sensors.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Sensing of joint and spinal bending or stretching via a retractable and wearable badge reel.Nature communications · 2021Article
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designQuantitative cross-sectional study.
objectivesEvaluate the test-retest reliability and the construct validity of inertial measurement units (IMU) to characterize spatiotemporal gait parameters in individuals with SCI.
settingTwo SCI rehabilitation centers in Canada.
methodsEighteen individuals with SCI participated in two evaluation sessions spaced 2 weeks apart. Fifteen able-bodied individuals were also recruited. Participants walked 20 m overground under five conditions that challenged balance to varying degrees. Five IMU were attached to the lower-extremities and the sacrum to collect the mean and the coefficient of variation of five gait parameters (gait cycle time, double-support percentage, cadence, stride length, stride velocity). Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) were used to evaluate the test-retest reliability. Linear mixed-effects models were used to compare the five walking conditions to evaluate known-group validity while Spearman's correlation coefficients were used to characterize the level of association between gait parameters and the Mini BESTest (MBT).
resultsCadence was reliable across all walking conditions. Reliability was higher for the mean (ICC = 0.55-0.98) of the parameters compared to their coefficient of variation (ICC = 0.16-0.97). Cadence collected with IMU had construct validity as their values differed across walking conditions and groups of participants. The coefficient of variation was generally better than the mean to show differences across the five walking conditions. The MBT was moderately to strongly associated with mean cadence (ρ ≥ 0.498) and its coefficient of variation (ρ ≤ -0.49) during most walking conditions.
conclusionsIMU provide reliable and valid measurements of gait parameters in ambulatory individuals with SCI.
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