Measurement of lower limb joint angle during gait in the sagittal plane with wearable system and its impact on foot loading during walking

Abstract.BACKGROUND: Gait analysis is a useful tool medical staff use to support clinical decision making. There is still an urgent need to develop low-cost and unobtrusive mobile health monitoring systems. OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was twofold. Firstly, a wearable sensor system composed of plantar pressure insoles and wearable sensors for joint angle measurement was developed. Secondly, the accuracy of the system in the measurement of ground reaction forces and joint moments was examined. METHODS: The measurements included joint angles and plantar pressure distribution. To validate the wearable sensor system and examine the effectiveness of the proposed method for gait analysis, an experimental study on ten volunteer subjects was conducted. The accuracy of measurement of ground reaction forces and joint moments was validated against the results obtained from a reference motion capture system. RESULTS: Ground reaction forces and joint moments measured by the wearable sensor system showed a root mean square error of 1% for min. GRF and 27.3% for knee extension moment. The correlation coefficient was over 0.9, in comparison with the stationary motion capture system. CONCLUSIONS: The study suggests that the wearable sensor system could be recommended both for research and clinical applications outside a typical gait laboratory.

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Measurement of lower limb joint angle during gait in the sagittal plane with wearable system and its impact on foot loading during walking

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A dynamic model of a device with a parallel-serial structure to support the human lower limb

Estimation of ground reaction forces and joint moments on the basis on plantar pressure insoles and wearable sensors for joint angle measurement

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