A review on accelerometry-based gait analysis and emerging clinical applications

D Jarchi, J Pope, TKM Lee, L Tamjidi… - IEEE reviews in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gait analysis continues to be an important technique for many clinical applications to
diagnose and monitor certain diseases. Many mental and physical abnormalities cause …

Wearable inertial sensors for human movement analysis

M Iosa, P Picerno, S Paolucci… - Expert review of medical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The present review aims to provide an overview of the most common uses of
wearable inertial sensors in the field of clinical human movement analysis. Areas covered …

Rapid predictive simulations with complex musculoskeletal models suggest that diverse healthy and pathological human gaits can emerge from similar control …

A Falisse, G Serrancolí, CL Dembia… - Journal of The …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Physics-based predictive simulations of human movement have the potential to support
personalized medicine, but large computational costs and difficulties to model control …

Predicting gait adaptations due to ankle plantarflexor muscle weakness and contracture using physics-based musculoskeletal simulations

CF Ong, T Geijtenbeek, JL Hicks… - PLoS computational …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Deficits in the ankle plantarflexor muscles, such as weakness and contracture, occur
commonly in conditions such as cerebral palsy, stroke, muscular dystrophy, Charcot-Marie …

The use of inertial sensors system for human motion analysis

AI Cuesta-Vargas, A Galán-Mercant… - Physical Therapy …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: The aim of this article is to review systematically and appraise critically the
literature surrounding the research, comparing inertial sensors with any kind of gold …

Accelerometry: a technique for quantifying movement patterns during walking

JJ Kavanagh, HB Menz - Gait & posture, 2008 - Elsevier
The popularity of using accelerometer-based systems to quantify human movement patterns
has increased in recent years for clinicians and researchers alike. The benefits of using …

Age‐related differences in walking stability

HB Menz, SR Lord, RC Fitzpatrick - Age and ageing, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Background: a large proportion of falls in older people occur when walking; however the
mechanisms underlying impaired balance during gait are poorly understood. Objective: to …

Linking sociality to fitness in primates: a call for mechanisms

J Ostner, O Schülke - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2018 - Elsevier
Within-group variation in sociality has been linked to correlates of fitness across vertebrates.
Individuals that form strong social bonds with a few partners, or are well integrated into a …

Independent influence of gait speed and step length on stability and fall risk

DD Espy, F Yang, T Bhatt, YC Pai - Gait & posture, 2010 - Elsevier
With aging, individuals' gaits become slower and their steps shorter; both are thought to
improve stability against balance threats. Recent studies have shown that shorter step …

Walking stability and sensorimotor function in older people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy

HB Menz, SR Lord, R St George… - Archives of physical …, 2004 - Elsevier
Menz HB, Lord SR, St George R, Fitzpatrick RC. Walking stability and sensorimotor function
in older people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2004; 85: 245 …