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http://dx.doi.org/10.5370/KIEE.2014.63.4.541

Effective Gait Imbalance Judgment Method based on Thigh Location  

Kim, Seojun (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
Kim, Yoohyun (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
Shim, Hyeonmin (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
Lee, Sangmin (Dept. of Electronic Engineering, Inha University)
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The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers / v.63, no.4, 2014 , pp. 541-545 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, the angle of the thighs that appear during walking condition to balance estimation to the left and right leg was occurred during normal walking. Get over to the limitations of gait analysis using image processing or foot pressure that was used a lot in the previous, the angle of the thigh were used for estimation of asymmetric gait. We implemented heathy five adult male to test targeting and gait and obtained cycle data from 10 times. For this research, Thigh-Angle measurement device were developed, and attached to in a position of $20^{\circ}$ for flexion and $15^{\circ}$ for extension to measure the angle of the thigh. Also, in order to verify the reliability of estimation of asymmetric gait using thigh-angle, it was compared with the result of asymmetric gait estimation using foot pressure. The results of this paper, using the thigh angle is the average of 16.84% higher than using pressure to accuracy of determine the gait imbalance.
Keywords
Gait imbalance; Angle of the thighs; Feet pressure; Gait analysis;
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