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Wavelet analysis to detect gait events.

Pia M Forsman1, Esko M Toppila, Edward O Haeggstrom

  • 1Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, FI-00250 Helsinki, Finland. pia.forsman@ttl.fi

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference
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Automating gait event detection using wavelet analysis shows promise. This method classifies heel strike and toe-off events from ground reaction forces, offering a potential solution for laborious manual analysis.

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Area of Science:

  • Biomechanics
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • Manual detection of gait events from gait data is time-consuming.
  • Current automated methods for gait event detection lack robustness.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the efficacy of wavelet analysis for automated classification of gait events.
  • To compare wavelet analysis with signal time-derivative methods for gait event detection.

Main Methods:

  • Ground reaction forces were recorded from 30 healthy subjects stepping in place.
  • Wavelet analysis was employed to classify heel strike and toe-off events.
  • Gait event timing from wavelet analysis was compared to signal time-derivative analysis.

Main Results:

  • Wavelet analysis successfully classified gait events using ground reaction forces.
  • On average, wavelet analysis detected events 29 ms later than the time-derivative method.
  • This delay represented only 1.2% of the average gait cycle duration (2.4 s).

Conclusions:

  • Wavelet analysis demonstrates potential for the automated detection of gait events.
  • The technique offers a promising alternative to manual inspection of gait data.
  • Further research may refine wavelet analysis for robust gait event identification.