• DocumentCode
    1866823
  • Title

    Foot and ground measurement using portable sensors

  • Author

    Svensson, Wolfgang ; Holmberg, Ulf

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Information Sci. & Comput. & Electr. Eng., Halmstad Univ., Sweden
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    28 June-1 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    448
  • Lastpage
    451
  • Abstract
    A portable gait measurement system for foot dynamic analysis is proposed. Portable cheap sensors are suitable in active control rehabilitation equipment such as prostheses and orthoses. A system of one gyroscope and two accelerometers was used to measure the foot movement in the sagital plane. Both ground inclination during stance and foot angle relative to ground during swing are estimated. This enables fast detection of changing environments such as hills and stairs.
  • Keywords
    gait analysis; patient rehabilitation; portable instruments; sensor fusion; spatial variables measurement; accelerometers; active control rehabilitation equipment; foot and ground measurement; foot angle; foot dynamic analysis; foot movement measurement; ground inclination; gyroscope; orthoses; portable cheap sensors; portable gait measurement system; prostheses; sagital plane; sensor fusion; stance; swing; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Bones; Foot; Footwear; Noise reduction; Rehabilitation robotics; Switches; USA Councils; Velocity measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Rehabilitation Robotics, 2005. ICORR 2005. 9th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9003-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICORR.2005.1501139
  • Filename
    1501139