Title :
Gait assessment for elderly using a portable acceleration monitoring device
Author :
Shiozawa, Naruhiro ; Okada, Shima ; Makikawa, Masaaki
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Sport & Health Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., Kusatsu, Japan
Abstract :
This study developed a portable acceleration monitoring device for gait assessments, and applied it to assess the gait of elderly. In a gait assessment experiment, 21 elderly subjects, wearing the portable acceleration monitoring device on their lower backs, walked on a test track. Four sets of evaluation indexes (physical activity, stability, symmetry, average speed) were derived from the acceleration data obtained in the experiment.
Keywords :
acceleration; computerised monitoring; gait analysis; handicapped aids; elder people; gait assessment; portable acceleration monitoring device; Acceleration; Cities and towns; Gravity; Legged locomotion; Monitoring; Senior citizens; Stability analysis; acceleration; center of gravity; elderly; gait assessment;
Conference_Titel :
SICE Annual Conference 2010, Proceedings of
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7642-8
