Step length estimation methods based on inertial sensors: A review

LE Díez, A Bahillo, J Otegui, T Otim - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Inertial sensors are included in most of the current smart devices and many researchers
have identified their ability to be used for analyzing different parameters of human behavior …

Accuracy of consumer-level and research-grade activity trackers in ambulatory settings in older adults

S Tedesco, M Sica, A Ancillao, S Timmons, J Barton… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Wrist-worn activity trackers have experienced a tremendous growth lately and studies on the
accuracy of mainstream trackers used by older adults are needed. This study explores the …

Real-world gait speed estimation using wrist sensor: A personalized approach

A Soltani, H Dejnabadi, M Savary… - IEEE journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gait speed is an important parameter to characterize people's daily mobility. For real-world
speed measurement, inertial sensors or global navigation satellite system (GNSS) can be …

Wrist-worn hand gesture recognition while walking via transfer learning

P Kang, J Li, B Fan, S Jiang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Walking, one of the most common daily activities, causes unwanted movement artifacts
which can significantly deteriorate hand gesture recognition accuracy. However, traditional …

An improved PDR/UWB integrated system for indoor navigation applications

S Guo, Y Zhang, X Gui, L Han - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The challenges of the inertial navigation system based pedestrian dead reckoning (PDR)
are mainly stochastic errors and serious accumulated errors caused by sensor variance …

Smart rollators aid devices: Current trends and challenges

G Verdezoto, J Ballesteros… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobility loss has a major impact on autonomy. Smart rollators have been proposed to
enhance human abilities when conventional devices are not enough. Many human–robot …

A comprehensive comparison of simple step counting techniques using wrist-and ankle-mounted accelerometer and gyroscope signals

MB Rhudy, JM Mahoney - Journal of Medical Engineering & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The goal of this work is to compare the differences between various step counting algorithms
using both accelerometer and gyroscope measurements from wrist and ankle-mounted …

[HTML][HTML] Real-World Gait Detection Using a Wrist-Worn Inertial Sensor: Validation Study

F Kluge, YE Brand, ME Micó-Amigo… - JMIR formative …, 2024 - formative.jmir.org
Background Wrist-worn inertial sensors are used in digital health for evaluating mobility in
real-world environments. Preceding the estimation of spatiotemporal gait parameters within …

Load-embedded inertial measurement unit reveals lifting performance

A Tammana, C McKay, SM Cain, SP Davidson… - Applied ergonomics, 2018 - Elsevier
Manual lifting of loads arises in many occupations as well as in activities of daily living. Prior
studies explore lifting biomechanics and conditions implicated in lifting-induced injuries …

A Survey on Rollator‐Type Mobility Assistance Robots

M Geravand, C Werner, K Hauer… - Handbook of Human …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mobility disabilities are prevalent in our aging society and impede activities important for the
independent living of elderly people and their quality of life. Over the years, several mobility …