How useful is satellite positioning system (GPS) to track gait parameters? A review
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Over the last century, numerous techniques have been developed to analyze the movement of humans while walking and running. The combined use of kinematics and kinetics methods, mainly based on high speed video analysis and forceplate, have permitted a comprehensi...
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Over the last century, numerous techniques have been developed to analyze the movement of humans while walking and running. The combined use of kinematics and kinetics methods, mainly based on high speed video analysis and forceplate, have permitted a comprehensive description of locomotion process in terms of energetics and biomechanics. While the different phases of a single gait cycle are well understood, there is an increasing interest to know how the neuro-motor system controls gait form stride to stride. Indeed, it was observed that neurodegenerative diseases and aging could impact gait stability and gait parameters steadiness. From both clinical and fundamental research perspectives, there is therefore a need to develop techniques to accurately track gait parameters stride-by-stride over a long period with minimal constraints to patients. In this context, high accuracy satellite positioning can provide an alternative tool to monitor outdoor walking. Indeed, the high-end GPS receivers provide centimeter accuracy positioning with 5–20 Hz sampling rate: this allows the stride-by-stride assessment of a number of basic gait parameters – such as walking speed, step length and step frequency – that can be tracked over several thousand consecutive strides in free-living conditions. Furthermore, long-range correlations and fractal-like pattern was observed in those time series. As compared to other classical methods, GPS seems a promising technology in the field of gait variability analysis. However, relative high complexity and expensiveness – combined with a usability which requires further improvement – remain obstacles to the full development of the GPS technology in human applications.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a74268d63c0941a3a173501e6ef970fe2022-12-22T03:00:47ZengBMCJournal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation1743-00032005-09-01212810.1186/1743-0003-2-28How useful is satellite positioning system (GPS) to track gait parameters? A reviewSchutz YvesTerrier Philippe<p>Abstract</p> <p>Over the last century, numerous techniques have been developed to analyze the movement of humans while walking and running. The combined use of kinematics and kinetics methods, mainly based on high speed video analysis and forceplate, have permitted a comprehensive description of locomotion process in terms of energetics and biomechanics. While the different phases of a single gait cycle are well understood, there is an increasing interest to know how the neuro-motor system controls gait form stride to stride. Indeed, it was observed that neurodegenerative diseases and aging could impact gait stability and gait parameters steadiness. From both clinical and fundamental research perspectives, there is therefore a need to develop techniques to accurately track gait parameters stride-by-stride over a long period with minimal constraints to patients. In this context, high accuracy satellite positioning can provide an alternative tool to monitor outdoor walking. Indeed, the high-end GPS receivers provide centimeter accuracy positioning with 5–20 Hz sampling rate: this allows the stride-by-stride assessment of a number of basic gait parameters – such as walking speed, step length and step frequency – that can be tracked over several thousand consecutive strides in free-living conditions. Furthermore, long-range correlations and fractal-like pattern was observed in those time series. As compared to other classical methods, GPS seems a promising technology in the field of gait variability analysis. However, relative high complexity and expensiveness – combined with a usability which requires further improvement – remain obstacles to the full development of the GPS technology in human applications.</p>http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/2/1/28 |
| spellingShingle | Schutz Yves Terrier Philippe How useful is satellite positioning system (GPS) to track gait parameters? A review Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation |
| title | How useful is satellite positioning system (GPS) to track gait parameters? A review |
| title_full | How useful is satellite positioning system (GPS) to track gait parameters? A review |
| title_fullStr | How useful is satellite positioning system (GPS) to track gait parameters? A review |
| title_full_unstemmed | How useful is satellite positioning system (GPS) to track gait parameters? A review |
| title_short | How useful is satellite positioning system (GPS) to track gait parameters? A review |
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