Gait Analysis with IMU - Gaining New Orientation Information of the Lower Leg

Steffen Hacker, Christoph Kalkbrenner, Maria-Elena Algorri, Ronald Blechschmidt-Trapp

2014

Abstract

In this paper we present an application for the analysis and characterisation of gait motion. Using motion data from Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), seven relevant parameters are measured that extensively charaterize the gait of individuals. Our application uses raw and processed IMU data, where the processed data is the result of filtering the IMU data with a Magdwick filter. The filtered data offers orientation information and is relatively drift free. The IMU data is used to train a three layer neural network that can then extract individual footsteps from an IMU dataset. Results with different test persons show that our application can successfully characterize gait motion on an individual basis and can serve for the clinical assesment and evaluation of abnormal or pathological gait.

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Hacker S., Kalkbrenner C., Algorri M. and Blechschmidt-Trapp R. (2014). Gait Analysis with IMU - Gaining New Orientation Information of the Lower Leg . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-013-0, pages 127-133. DOI: 10.5220/0004787701270133


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@conference{biodevices14,
author={Steffen Hacker and Christoph Kalkbrenner and Maria-Elena Algorri and Ronald Blechschmidt-Trapp},
title={Gait Analysis with IMU - Gaining New Orientation Information of the Lower Leg},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={127-133},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004787701270133},
isbn={978-989-758-013-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2014)
TI - Gait Analysis with IMU - Gaining New Orientation Information of the Lower Leg
SN - 978-989-758-013-0
AU - Hacker S.
AU - Kalkbrenner C.
AU - Algorri M.
AU - Blechschmidt-Trapp R.
PY - 2014
SP - 127
EP - 133
DO - 10.5220/0004787701270133