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Wearable Sensor-Based Real-Time Gait Detection: A Systematic Review.
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159 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Determining Falls Risk in People with Parkinson's Disease Using Wearable Sensors: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Sensor for sports applications: monitoring and assessment of intrinsic capacity enhancement in older adults during brisk walking.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical indications and protocol considerations for selecting initial body weight support levels in gait rehabilitation: a systematic review.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- The Application of Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning Algorithms in Rehabilitation Training: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Pooled it
- Control strategies used in lower limb exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation after brain injury: a systematic review and analysis of clinical effectiveness.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
- Gait assessment using wearable technologies in neurological disorders: a rapid umbrella.Neurodegenerative disease managementPooled it
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- Deep Learning-Based Temporal Gait Analysis Using a Smartphone IMU in Older Adults with and Without Non-Specific Low Back Pain.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Novel Approach to Characterizing Patterns of Real-World Upper-Extremity Use During Walking and Activities of Daily Living in People with Subacute Stroke.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Step Count as a Digital Mobility Outcome-A Pilot Study on Differences Between the Upper and Lower Extremities.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Observational
- Olfactory dysfunction is associated with gait impairment in older adults: evidence for a shared amygdala substrate.GeroScience · 2026Article
- FPGA-Based Weighted DTW Framework with Hybrid Gait Symmetry Index for Real-Time Wearable Gait Classification.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Can slow and (un)steady still win the race? A narrative review of developmental gait characteristics and clinical implications in children born preterm.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Review
- Concurrent Validity and Reliability of Inertial Sensor-Based Wearables for Quantifying Spatial-Temporal Gait Parameters After Stroke: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Walking as a Window to the Brain: Redefining Gait in Neurology.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Gaze and gait dynamics are shaped by terrain type during urban walking.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
Gait analysis has traditionally been carried out in a laboratory environment using expensive equipment, but, recently, reliable, affordable, and wearable sensors have enabled integration into clinical applications as well as use during activities of daily living. Real-time gait analysis is key to the development of gait rehabilitation techniques and assistive devices such as neuroprostheses. This article presents a systematic review of wearable sensors and techniques used in real-time gait analysis, and their application to pathological gait. From four major scientific databases, we identified 1262 articles of which 113 were analyzed in full-text. We found that heel strike and toe off are the most sought-after gait events. Inertial measurement units (IMU) are the most widely used wearable sensors and the shank and foot are the preferred placements. Insole pressure sensors are the most common sensors for ground-truth validation for IMU-based gait detection. Rule-based techniques relying on threshold or peak detection are the most widely used gait detection method. The heterogeneity of evaluation criteria prevented quantitative performance comparison of all methods. Although most studies predicted that the proposed methods would work on pathological gait, less than one third were validated on such data. Clinical applications of gait detection algorithms were considered, and we recommend a combination of IMU and rule-based methods as an optimal solution.
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