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Area of Science:

  • Biomechanics
  • Gait Analysis
  • Sensor Technology

Background:

  • Force platform-instrumented treadmills are crucial for gait analysis, enabling ground reaction force (GRF) calculation.
  • High costs of traditional force treadmills limit widespread adoption in research and clinical settings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and validate a low-cost force treadmill system using standard exercise treadmills with integrated force sensors.
  • To develop a method for identifying and compensating force transmission dynamics in the low-cost system.
  • To establish a testing procedure for assessing the GRF measurement accuracy of force treadmills.

Main Methods:

  • Force sensors were installed underneath a standard exercise treadmill.
  • Force transmission dynamics from the treadmill track surface to the sensors were identified and compensated.
  • A novel testing procedure was developed to evaluate GRF measurement accuracy.
  • The system was tested using
  • walk-on-the-spot motion
  • to estimate GRF.

Main Results:

  • The proposed low-cost force treadmill system successfully estimates ground reaction forces.
  • The system demonstrated a total harmonic distortion of approximately 1.69% for walk-on-the-spot motion.
  • The developed testing procedure effectively assesses GRF measurement accuracy.

Conclusions:

  • The developed low-cost force treadmill system offers a viable and effective alternative to expensive commercial systems.
  • This approach significantly enhances the accessibility of advanced gait analysis and GRF measurement.
  • The system's accuracy and the validation procedure show promise for broader application in biomechanics research.