When we centre on the medical field, changes in gait reveal key information about persons’ quality of life. This is of special interest when searching for reliable information on the evolution of different diseases: (a) neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's; (b) systemic diseases such as cardiopathies (in which gait is clearly affected); (c) alterations in deambulation dynamic due to sequelae from stroke and (d) diseases caused by ageing, which affect a large percentage of the population. Accurate reliable knowledge of gait characteristics at a given time, and even more importantly, monitoring and evaluating them over time, will enable early diagnosis of diseases and their complications and help to find the best treatment.
Within this episode we are going to see the various approaches to perform a gait analysis, and the technologies which are involved in it, for say a wearable sensor, of a floor sensor. There are various other method or test which are also involved in the process.
Source link's:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3958266/ ( Gait Analysis Method An Overview of Wearable and Non-Wearable Systems, Highlighting Clinical Applications)
https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/research-news/textile-pressure-sensors-can-be-washed-2015-10/ (Textile pressure sensors can be washed)
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