Determination of Gait Events and Temporal Gait Parameters for Persons with a Knee-Ankle-Foot Orthosis

Gait event detection is essential for controlling an orthosis and assessing the patient's gait. In this study, patients wearing an electromechanical (EM) knee-ankle-foot orthosis (KAFO) with a single IMU embedded in the thigh were subjected to gait event detection. The algorithm detected four essential gait events (initial contact (IC), toe off (TO), opposite initial contact (OIC), and opposite toe off (OTO)) and determined important temporal gait parameters such as stance/swing time, symmetry, and single/double limb support. These gait events were evaluated through gait experiments using four force plates on healthy adults and a hemiplegic patient who wore a one-way clutch KAFO and a pneumatic cylinder KAFO. Results showed that the smallest error in gait event detection was found at IC, and the largest error rate was observed at opposite toe off (OTO) with an error rate of -2.8 ± 1.5% in the patient group. Errors in OTO detection resulted in the largest error in determining the single limb support of the patient with an error of 5.0 ± 1.5%. The present study would be beneficial for the real-time continuous monitoring of gait events and temporal gait parameters for persons with an EM KAFO.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) - 24(2024), 3 vom: 01. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yang, Sumin [VerfasserIn]
Koo, Bummo [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Seunghee [VerfasserIn]
Jang, Dae-Jin [VerfasserIn]
Shin, Hyunjun [VerfasserIn]
Choi, Hyuk-Jae [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Youngho [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gait event detection
Gait monitoring
Gait parameters
IMU sensor
Journal Article
Knee–ankle–foot orthoses (KAFO)
Thigh

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Date Completed 14.02.2024

Date Revised 14.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/s24030964

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368291693