A gait recording technique suitable for clinical use.

Gait analysis using a measuring walkway for temporal and distance factors.

Pattern recognition in tachographic gait records of normal and lower extremity handicapped human subjects

Detection of gait abnormality from tachographic data.

This study assessed the reliability of measurements made by four physical therapists on healthy subject gait data recorded from the Krusen limb load monitor. The five components of step (stance time, time up, time to second peak, and force at the first and second peaks) were analyzed. Six components contributing to gait (ambulation time; velocity; cadence; average swing phase duration, left lower extremity; average swing phase duration, right lower extremity; and ratio of unilateral weight bearing, right lower extremity to left lower extremity) were also analyzed. Intraclass correlation coefficients for the five step components and the gait measures of ambulation time, velocity, and cadence showed high measurement reliability. The other measures of gait showed low intraclass correlation coefficients. The limb load monitor can, therefore, be used by clinicians to measure the five step components and three gait measures (ambulation time, velocity, and cadence) with high measurement reliability.

Assessing the reliability of measurements from the Krusen limb load monitor to analyze temporal and loading characteristics of normal gait.

Gait analysis is an approach towards analysis of the structure and function of the foot, lower limb and body during walking or running. The aim of gait analysis in rehabilitation centres is much larger than only simply a functional assessment tool as it can help us determine the complex relationships between impairment, functional limitation and disability. The goal of this research is to develop and test an ultrasound-based gait tachography system to enable the doctors and physiotherapists to evaluate lower limb extremity problems. Gait tachography employ Doppler frequency shifting principle to calculate the change in velocity of body's centre of gravity during gait. The ultrasound-based gait tachography includes simple instrumentation, composed of a transmitter and a receiver block. The ultrasonic gait tachograph is cost efficient, comparatively small, lightweight, does not hamper a person's psychology much and is suitable to be used in non-laboratory situation.

A gait recording technique suitable for clinical use.

Citations

Gait analysis using a measuring walkway for temporal and distance factors.

Pattern recognition in tachographic gait records of normal and lower extremity handicapped human subjects

Detection of gait abnormality from tachographic data.

Assessing the reliability of measurements from the Krusen limb load monitor to analyze temporal and loading characteristics of normal gait.

Development of ultrasonic tachography system for gait analysis

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