Using sensor technology to measure gait capacity and gait performance in rehabilitation inpatients with neurological disorders

MMS Hendriks, M Vos-van der Hulst, RWJ Weijs… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of this study was to objectively assess and compare gait capacity and gait
performance in rehabilitation inpatients with stroke or incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI) …

Reliability of IMU-based gait assessment in clinical stroke rehabilitation

RAW Felius, M Geerars, SM Bruijn, JH van Dieën… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background: Gait is often impaired in people after stroke, restricting personal independence
and affecting quality of life. During stroke rehabilitation, walking capacity is conventionally …

Validity and reliability of inertial measurement units for gait assessment within a post stroke population

R Desai, D Martelli, JA Alomar, S Agrawal… - Topics in Stroke …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background The ability to objectively measure spatiotemporal metrics within individuals post-
stroke is integral to plan appropriate intervention, track recovery, and ultimately improve …

Reliability of IMU-derived temporal gait parameters in neurological diseases

C Hansen, C Ortlieb, R Romijnders, E Warmerdam… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Evaluating gait is part of every neurological movement disorder assessment. Generally, the
physician assesses the patient based on their experience, but nowadays inertial …

Test-retest reliability of kinematic and temporal outcome measures for clinical gait and stair walking tests, based on wearable inertial sensors

S Nilsson, P Ertzgaard, M Lundgren, H Grip - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
It is important to assess gait function in neurological disorders. A common outcome measure
from clinical walking tests is average speed, which is reliable but does not capture important …

Inertial sensors to assess gait quality in patients with neurological disorders: a systematic review of technical and analytical challenges

A Vienne, RP Barrois, S Buffat, D Ricard… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Gait disorders are major causes of falls in patients with neurological diseases.
Understanding these disorders allows prevention and better insights into underlying …

A portable gait assessment tool to record temporal gait parameters in SCI

SS Galen, CJ Clarke, DB Allan, BA Conway - Medical engineering & …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The ability to objectively analyze gait in a clinical environment is
challenging due to time, space and cost constraints. This study investigated the validity of a …

Minimal detectable change in inertial measurement unit-based trunk acceleration indices during gait in inpatients with subacute stroke

T Igarashi, Y Tani, R Takeda, T Asakura - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Gait analysis using inertial measurement units (IMU) provides a multifaceted assessment of
gait characteristics, but minimal detectable changes (MDC), the true change beyond …

Using wearable sensors to characterize gait after spinal cord injury: evaluation of test–retest reliability and construct validity

JF Lemay, A Noamani, J Unger, DJ Houston… - Spinal cord, 2021 - nature.com
Study design Quantitative cross-sectional study. Objectives Evaluate the test–retest
reliability and the construct validity of inertial measurement units (IMU) to characterize …

Validation of an algorithm to assess regular and irregular gait using inertial sensors in healthy and stroke individuals

C Ensink, K Smulders, J Warnar, N Keijsers - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background Studies using inertial measurement units (IMUs) for gait assessment have
shown promising results regarding accuracy of gait event detection and spatiotemporal …