TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Clinical gait assessment of older adults using open platform tools
JO  - Conference proceedings - IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society
A1  - Scanaill, Cliodhna Ni
A1  - Greene, Barry R.
A1  - Doheny, Emer P.
A1  - O'Donovan, Karol
A1  - O'Shea, Terrance
A1  - O'Donovan, Alan D.
A1  - Foran, Timothy G.
A1  - Cunningham, Clodagh
A1  - Kenny, Rose Anne
SP  - 462
EP  - 465
VL  - 2011
IS  - 
N2  - Gait impairment is associated with increased falls risk. The gait of 321 community dwelling elderly adults was assessed using the TRIL Gait Analysis Platform (GAP), which was specially designed for ease of use in a research clinic setting by non-experts. The GAP featured body-worn kinematic sensors, a pressure sensitive electronic walkway, and two orthogonally mounted web cameras, and was developed using open platform tools. This flexible platform was applied to objectively measure gait parameters in different gait assessments. The results from the 6 meter walk assessment are presented here. In this assessment, participants were categorized by clinical falls history as 'fallers' or 'non-fallers'. Temporal and spatial gait parameters were examined. Significant differences in spatial parameters were observed when fallers and non-fallers were compared. Temporal parameters were found to differ, though not significantly.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-170X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090065
ID  - ref1
ER  -