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  • Biomechanics
  • Human Motion Analysis
  • Sensor Technology

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  • Maintaining upright stance on a dynamic platform requires sophisticated balance control mechanisms.
  • Assessing these mechanisms often relies on complex and expensive motion capture systems.

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  • To develop and validate a novel, cost-effective accelerometer-based method for estimating human posture during dynamic perturbations.
  • To compare the accuracy of this new method against established encoder and optical motion capture systems.

Main Methods:

  • A tridimensional, three-segment inverted pendulum model was employed to represent human posture.
  • Four tri-axial accelerometers were utilized: one on the platform and three on the subject.
  • The system captured anterior-posterior and medio-lateral body sway strategies.

Main Results:

  • Accelerometer-based joint angle estimations showed close agreement with magnetic encoder measurements.
  • Results were comparable to those obtained using high-end optical motion capture and biomechanical simulation.
  • The method demonstrated effectiveness under various dynamic perturbation intensities.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed accelerometer-based method provides a viable and accurate approach for estimating joint angles during dynamic balance tasks.
  • This technique offers a practical alternative for studying postural control and balance requirements.