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  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Rehabilitation Technology
  • Gait Analysis

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  • Total distance walked is a key metric for physical fitness and health status.
  • Wearable inertial sensors offer objective and reliable gait measurement, streamlining walk tests.
  • Existing methods for distance tracking can be cumbersome and less precise.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an algorithm using inertial sensors to estimate total distance walked.
  • To validate the algorithm in older adults with impaired fasting glucose (Study I).
  • To test the algorithm's generalizability in patients with Multiple Sclerosis (Study II).

Main Methods:

  • Two inertial sensors (Opals) were worn on the feet of all participants.
  • Algorithm developed using a 400 m walk test in 108 older adults.
  • Algorithm validated with a 6-minute walk test (6MWT) in 46 Multiple Sclerosis patients across two walkway lengths (15m and 20m).

Main Results:

  • The algorithm achieved an average absolute error of 1.92% for the 400 m walk test (Study I).
  • In Study II, the algorithm showed absolute error rates of 4.17% (15m walkway) and 3.21% (20m walkway) during the 6MWT.
  • The inertial sensor-based algorithm demonstrated good accuracy compared to manual distance measurements.

Conclusions:

  • An inertial sensor-based algorithm can accurately estimate total distance walked.
  • The algorithm shows promise for use in clinical settings and health monitoring.
  • Further research is needed to confirm generalizability across diverse populations and administrators.