Modern Methods for Affordable Clinical Gait Analysis

Theories and Applications in Healthcare Systems

Anup Nandy, Saikat Chakraborty, Jayeeta Chakraborty, Gentiane Venture

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9780323852456
• eBook ISBN: 9780323852463
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Engineering General
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Modern Methods for Affordable Clinical Gait Analysis: Theories and Applications in Healthcare Systems is a handbook of techniques, tools and procedures for the study and improvement of human gait. It gives a concise description of clinical gait analysis, especially gait abnormality detection problems and therapeutic interventions using inexpensive devices. A brief demonstration on validation testing of these devices for its clinical applicability is also presented. Content coverage also includes step-by-step processing of the data acquired from these devices. Future perspectives of low-cost clinical gait assessment systems are explored. This book bridges the gap between engineering and biomedical fields as it diagnoses and monitors neuro-musculoskeletal abnormalities using the latest technologies. The authors discuss how early detection technology allows us to take precautionary measures, in order to delay the degeneration process, through development of a clinical gait analysis tool. One unique feature of this book is that it pays significant attention to the challenges of conducting gait analysis in developing countries with limited resources. This reference will guide you through setting up a low-cost gait analysis lab. It explores the relationship between vision-based pathological gait detection, the design of tools for gait diagnosis and therapeutic interventions. - Provides a concise tutorial on affordable clinical gait analysis - Analyses clinical validation of low-cost sensors for gait assessment - Documents recent and state-of-the-art low-cost gait abnormality detection systems and therapeutic intervention procedures

Table of contents

• Modern Methods for Affordable Clinical Gait Analysis: Theories and Applications in Healthcare Systems
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Statistics and computational intelligence in clinical gait analysis
• 3 Low-cost sensors for gait analysis
• 4 Validation study of low-cost sensors
• 5 Gait segmentation and event detection techniques
• 6 Methodologies for vision-based automatic pathological gait detection
• 7 Pathological gait pattern analysis using inertial sensor
• 8 A low-cost electromyography (EMG) sensor-based gait activity analysis
• 9 Low-cost systems–based therapeutic intervention
• 10 Prevention, rehabilitation, monitoring, and recovery prediction for musculoskeletal injuries
• 11 Design and development of pathological gait assessment tools
• 12 Conclusion
• Index