Application of gyroscopes in identifying gait symmetry in walking

D. Gouwanda; S. M.N.A. Senanayake

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_351

Application of gyroscopes in identifying gait symmetry in walking

D. Gouwanda, S. M.N.A. Senanayake

Malaysia School of Engineering

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Abstract

Gait symmetry holds an important role in clinical and rehabilitation settings. It is an effective indicator that distinguishes normal and pathological walking gait. This paper addresses the use of wireless gyroscope to determine gait symmetry in walking. Four gyroscopes are attached to the lower extremity to measure the angular rate of the thigh and shank in walking. Symmetry index is used to determine the bilateral differences between the left limb and right limb. In order to limit the symmetry index of the angular rate to ±100%, min-max normalization approach is performed. As one of the fundamental measurements to determine gait symmetry in walking, duration for one complete gait cycle, stance phase, and swing phase are also considered in this paper.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	6th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2010 - In Conjunction with 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, ICBME and 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, APBiomech
Pages	1378-1381
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_351
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB) 2010 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 1 Aug 2010 → 6 Aug 2010 Conference number: 6th https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5 (Proceedings)

Publication series

Name	IFMBE Proceedings
Volume	31 IFMBE
ISSN (Print)	1680-0737

Conference

Conference	World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB) 2010
Abbreviated title	WCB 2010
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	1/08/10 → 6/08/10
Internet address	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5 (Proceedings)

Keywords

Gait symmetry
gyroscope
limb loading
normalization
symmetry index

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Gouwanda, D., & Senanayake, S. M. N. A. (2010). Application of gyroscopes in identifying gait symmetry in walking. In 6th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2010 - In Conjunction with 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, ICBME and 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, APBiomech (pp. 1378-1381). (IFMBE Proceedings; Vol. 31 IFMBE). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_351

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Gouwanda, D & Senanayake, SMNA 2010, Application of gyroscopes in identifying gait symmetry in walking. in 6th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2010 - In Conjunction with 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, ICBME and 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, APBiomech. IFMBE Proceedings, vol. 31 IFMBE, pp. 1378-1381, World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB) 2010, Singapore, Singapore, 1/08/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14515-5_351

Application of gyroscopes in identifying gait symmetry in walking. / Gouwanda, D.; Senanayake, S. M.N.A.
6th World Congress of Biomechanics, WCB 2010 - In Conjunction with 14th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, ICBME and 5th Asia Pacific Conference on Biomechanics, APBiomech. 2010. p. 1378-1381 (IFMBE Proceedings; Vol. 31 IFMBE).

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