Walking is one of the basic human activities. Several well-defined, motion tracking systems have been used for gait analysis. However, these systems such as the optical motion tracking system are very expensive and limited to laboratory usage. Recently, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based inertial sensors have made it possible to overcome these disadvantages. The aim of this study was to identify gait events and the supporting leg by measuring the mediolateral swing angle. An inertial sensor unit with a 3-axis accelerometer and 2-axis gyroscope was attached to the subject’s lower trunk using an elastic band. Five, healthy and young (20–29 yrs.) subjects participated in this experiment. Each walked twice along a straight, 25-m path at three different speeds. During each trial, the sensor transmitted signals to a PC via Bluetooth technology. In this study, gait events and the supporting leg were identified using the peak and sign of the mediolateral swing angle. The mediolateral swing angle was calculated using the integrated gyroscope signal. For comparison, a well-defined spatiotemporal gait analysis technique was also applied. In this reference method, the gait event was identified with the last peak of the vertical acceleration before the sign change from positive to negative. The supporting leg was identified using the sign of the mediolateral acceleration double integration. Identification of the supporting leg was difficult in the reference method because of the offset and gravity components in the mediolateral acceleration. However, the proposed method reported here, showed stable identification of gait events and the supporting leg. This study could be expanded to more detailed gait analysis with the additional fusion of a 3-axis acceleration, gyroscope and magnetometer.


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    Title :

    Detection of Gait Event and Supporting Leg during Overground Walking with Mediolateral Swing Angle



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    Publication date :

    2011-12-08


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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