Authors:
Katja Orlowski
1
;
Harald Loose
2
;
Falko Eckardt
3
;
Jürgen Edelmann-Nusser
3
and
Kerstin Witte
3
Affiliations:
1
Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences and Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
;
2
Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany
;
3
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
Keyword(s):
Gait Analysis, Gait Parameters, Mobile Sensors, Inertial Sensors, Symmetry.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications and Services
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Biomedical Signal Processing
;
Computer Vision, Visualization and Computer Graphics
;
Devices
;
Health Information Systems
;
Human-Computer Interaction
;
Medical Image Detection, Acquisition, Analysis and Processing
;
Physiological Computing Systems
;
Wearable Sensors and Systems
Abstract:
The amputation of a lower limb is a drastic event and it completely changes the life of the person. Current
development of prosthesis is already advanced, but most of the affected persons suffer from changes in the
gait which are visible to the general public. The gait of transfemoral amputees was investigated in the laboratory
environment and is called asymmetric due to different facts: shorter step length, smaller velocity and
smaller cadence. The use of mobile inertial sensors can be supportive in the rehabilitation process of these
patients. That is why a pilot study is conducted to evaluate the gait of transfemoral amputees and compare
their gait parameters with those of the healthy subjects. The purpose of the investigation is to identify gait
parameters showing the asymmetric properties of the amputees gait. Eight parameters seem to be distinctive
and descriptive.