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Tsakonas, Panagiotis, Evans, Neil D. and Andrews, Brian J. (2021) The TripAnalyser: a wearable system to assess gait and potential tripping. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Hellenica, 72 (2). pp. 124-130.
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Abstract
A wearable Arduino system (ESP32s) is described that uses optical time of flight (VL6180X) and inertial measurement unit (SENtral EM7180) sensors to estimate the Minimum Foot Clearance (MFC) of participants during gait. It is envisaged that an affordable wearable device that can acquire kinematic data outside the laboratory over periods of several weeks may find application in falls risk assessment in those with ambulatory disorders including the elderly. A geometric model is presented, and a preliminary trial was conducted with able-bodied subjects to test the correlation and agreement of the device with a Vicon 3D motion capture system, consisting of 12 infrared cameras located at the University of Warwick. The correlation between the device and the gait laboratory data yielded a correlation coefficient of r = 0.88. Agreement was tested using the Bland-Altman plot where the line of equality was within the 95% confidence interval of the mean difference suggesting that the device can be used as an alternative to Vicon for estimating MFC.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Wearable technology, Arduino (Programmable controller), Gait disorders, Gait disorders in old age, Falls (Accidents) in old age, Biomechanics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Hellenica | ||||
Publisher: | Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology | ||||
Official Date: | 20 August 2021 | ||||
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Volume: | 72 | ||||
Number: | 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 124-130 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 September 2021 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 21 September 2021 | ||||
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