Testing an in-home gait assessment tool for older adults

Fang Wang, Erik Stone, Wenqing Dai, Tanvi Banerjee, Jarod Giger, Jean Krampe, Marilyn Rantz, Marjorie Skubic

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Abstract

In this paper, we present results of an automatic vision-based gait assessment tool, using two cameras. Elderly residents from TigerPlace, a retirement community, were recruited to participate in the validation and test of the system in scripted scenarios representing everyday activities. The residents were first tested on a GAITRite mat, an electronic walkway that captures footfalls, and with inexpensive web cameras recording images. The extracted gait parameters from the camera system were compared with the GAITRite; excellent agreement was achieved. The residents then participated in the scenarios, with only the cameras recording. We found that the residents displayed different gait patterns during the realistic scenarios compared to the GAITRite runs. This finding provides support of the importance and advantage of continuous gait assessment in a daily living environment. Results on 4 elderly participants are included in the paper.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Subtitle of host publicationEngineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Pages6147-6150
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 - Minneapolis, MN, United States
Duration: Sep 2 2009Sep 6 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Conference

Conference31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMinneapolis, MN
Period9/2/099/6/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • General Medicine
  • Cell Biology
  • Developmental Biology

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