Construction of a Gait Analysis System for Evaluating Gait Abnormalities

보행 비정상성의 평가를 위한 보행분석 시스템의 구현

  • 정민근 (포항공과대학 산업공학과 / 산업과학기술연구소 기계연구분야) ;
  • 김상호 (포항공과대학 산업공학과 / 산업과학기술연구소 기계연구분야) ;
  • 김태복 (포항공과대학 산업공학과 / 산업과학기술연구소 기계연구분야)
  • Published : 1991.12.31

Abstract

The movement of human beings - walking, running, jumping and climbing, etc. - have long been of scientific interest. In particular, the science of human walking is called gait analysis. Various instruments have been developed to assist in the study of human gait. Recently gait analysis techniques are used in medical research to investigate the abnormalities of pathological gait. In this study, we constructed a comprehensive gait analysis system consisting of a walkway, a force platform, foot-switches and an ExpertVision motion analysis system. Time-distance gait parameters and vector diagrams can be analyzed by a special application program called Force Analysis System(FOANAS). Using quantitative discrimination of this system, the gait characteristic parameters of normal and pathological gait is facilitated.

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