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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Testing the Performance of an Innovative Markerless Technique for Quantitative and Qualitative Gait Analysis.

Laura Simoni, Alessandra Scarton, Filippo Gerli, Claudio Macchi, Federico Gori, Guido Pasquini, Silvia Pogliaghi

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Laura SimoniDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy.
Alessandra ScartonMicrogate SRL, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
Filippo GerliIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 50143 Florence, Italy.
Claudio MacchiIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 50143 Florence, Italy.
Federico GoriMicrogate SRL, 39100 Bolzano, Italy.
Guido PasquiniIRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS, 50143 Florence, Italy.
Silvia PogliaghiDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, 37129 Verona, Italy.

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Abstract

Gait abnormalities such as high stride and step frequency/cadence (SF-stride/second, CAD-step/second), stride variability (SV) and low harmony may increase the risk of injuries and be a sentinel of medical conditions. This research aims to present a new markerless video-based technology for quantitative and qualitative gait analysis. 86 healthy individuals (mead age 32 years) performed a 90 s test on treadmill at self-selected walking speed. We measured SF and CAD by a photoelectric sensors system; then, we calculated average ± standard deviation (SD) and within-subject coefficient of variation (CV) of SF as an index of SV. We also recorded a 60 fps video of the patient. With a custom-designed web-based video analysis software, we performed a spectral analysis of the brightness over time for each pixel of the image, that reinstituted the frequency contents of the videos. The two main frequency contents (F1 and F2) from this analysis should reflect the forcing/dominant variables, i.e., SF and CAD. Then, a harmony index (HI) was calculated, that should reflect the proportion of the pixels of the image that move consistently with F1 or its supraharmonics. The higher the HI value, the less variable the gait. The correspondence SF-F1 and CAD-F2 was evaluated with both paired t-Test and correlation and the relationship between SV and HI with correlation. SF and CAD were not significantly different from and highly correlated with F1 (0.893 ± 0.080 Hz vs. 0.895 ± 0.084 Hz,

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Gait AnalysisVideo RecordingWalking SpeedAdultHumansFast Fourier Transformgait analysisharmonymarkerless systemstreadmill walking

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PMID33233799
PMCPMC7699971

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