Low power shoe integrated intelligent wireless gait measurement system

Gait analysis measurement is a method to assess and identify gait events and the measurements of dynamic, motion and pressure parameters involving the lowest part of the body. This significant analysis is widely used in sports, rehabilitation as well as other health diagnostic towards improving the quality of life. This paper presents a new system empowered by Inertia Measurement Unit (IMU), ultrasonic sensors, piezoceramic sensors array, XBee wireless modules and Arduino processing unit. This research focuses on the design and development of a low power ultra-portable shoe integrated wireless intelligent gait measurement using MEMS and recent microelectronic devices for foot clearance, orientation, error correction, gait events and pressure measurement system. It is developed to be cheap, low power, wireless, real time and suitable for real life in-door and out-door environment.
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Bibliographic Details
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Notations:biological and medical sciences training science
Published in:Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/495/1/012044
Volume:495
Issue:1
Pages:id 012044
Document types:article
Level:advanced