Use of MEMS Sensors in Walking Speed Monitoring for Purposes of Behavioral Analysis

Abstract

Wearable sensors are bringing innovative approach in research of smart environments, tele-monitoring and home care services. Average walking speed is one of the suitable indicators of state, condition and activities of patient along with observing of hip extension angle. The proposed article is aimed on study of accelerometer usability for monitoring of such parameters from view of long-term perspective. The article is divided into the following sections: the first section describes analysis of current state-of-art and motivation for such research, the second section is devoted to description of sensors and methodology of experimental verification and methods of data processing and the last section deals with data evaluation.