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Home-Based Monitor for Gait and Activity Analysis

Home-Based Monitor for Gait and Activity Analysis

Published on: August 8, 2019

Wireless gyroscope suit for gait stability estimation.

Darwin Gouwanda¹, Namal A Senanayake

¹Monash University Sunway Campus, Malaysia. Darwin_gouwanda@yahoo.com

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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This study introduces a novel wireless gyroscope suit to assess gait stability in fall-risk individuals. The system accurately quanties neuro-muscular control for improved fall prevention strategies.

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Area of Science:

Biomechanics
Gerontology
Wearable Technology

Background:

Gait stability assessment is crucial for identifying individuals at high risk of falling, especially the elderly.
Current methods for gait analysis can be complex and expensive.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a novel, custom-made, self-adjustable wireless gyroscope suit for quantifying gait stability.
To utilize nonlinear time series analysis, specifically the maximum Lyapunov exponent (λ*), to assess short-term and long-term gait stability.

Main Methods:

A custom-made, self-adjustable wireless gyroscope suit was developed as a sensing device.
Nonlinear time series analysis, employing the maximum Lyapunov exponent (λ*), was used to quantify gait stability.
Experimental validation compared the gyroscope suit's efficacy against gold-standard optical motion capture and force platforms.

Main Results:

The wireless gyroscope suit effectively quantified gait stability.
The maximum Lyapunov exponent (λ*) derived from the suit data showed strong correlation with neuro-muscular control.
Results demonstrated comparable efficacy to established gold-standard methods.

Conclusions:

The novel wireless gyroscope suit offers a viable and effective method for assessing gait stability.
This technology has the potential to improve fall risk assessment and prevention strategies, particularly in the elderly population.
The approach provides a sensitive measure of the neuro-muscular system's ability to maintain gait stability.