Title :
Spectral Analysis of Walking with Shoes and without Shoes
Author :
Tsuruoka, Masako ; Tsuruoka, Yuriko ; Shibasaki, Ryosuke ; Yasuoka, Yoshifumi
Author_Institution :
Center for Spatial Inf. Sci., Tokyo Univ.
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
Abstract :
This study analyzes the walking balance of young students based on 1/f fluctuations using auto-regressive (AR) modeling. There was more good walking balance than bad, influenced positively or negatively by the students´ shoes. After the subjects understood their own walking condition, based on 1/f fluctuation, and had received suitable rehabilitation and shoes, their walking balance became better. This study provides a useful new method of medical evaluation in rehabilitation and physical fitness, and a means for subjects to maintain a state of well being
Keywords :
acceleration measurement; autoregressive processes; gait analysis; mechanoception; sensors; spectral analysis; 1-f fluctuations; accelerometer; auto-regressive modeling; medical evaluation; physical fitness; rehabilitation; spectral analysis; student shoes; walking balance; walking stability; wearable sensor; Accelerometers; Back; Battery charge measurement; Belts; Fluctuations; Footwear; Legged locomotion; Pain; Spectral analysis; Wearable sensors; 1/f fluctuation; Auto-Regressive (AR) modeling; rehabilitation; spectral analysis; waking stability;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260349