Citation

Sharif Bidabadi S, Murray I, Lee GYF. J. Med. Eng. Technol. 2017; 41(8): 612-622.

Affiliation

School of Surgery , University of Western Australia , Perth , Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/03091902.2017.1382588

PMID

28978243

Abstract

Foot drop is one of the common gait abnormalities which are difficult to detect, diagnose and evaluate. While various gait monitoring systems are available, many are computationally expensive and difficult to implement outside laboratory environments. This study introduces an in-house designed system based on inertial measurement units to capture the gait symptoms, specifically in the case of foot drop symptoms. The system specification and communication results, as well as filtering methods are discussed. Also, the pitch angle of thigh, shank and foot from a subject with no reported foot problem have been compared (gathered from identical equipment under similar conditions) to the same angle from a foot drop subject.

Language: en

Keywords

Foot drop; gait analysis; inertial measurement unit; pitch angle