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Gait and Foot Clearance Parameters Obtained Using Shoe-Worn Inertial Sensors in a Large-Population Sample of Older Adults

Dadashi, Farzin  
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Mariani, Benoît  
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Rochat, Stephane
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2014
Sensors

In order to distinguish dysfunctional gait; clinicians require a measure of reference gait parameters for each population. This study provided normative values for widely used parameters in more than 1400 able-bodied adults over the age of 65. We also measured the foot clearance parameters (i.e., height of the foot above ground during swing phase) that are crucial to understand the complex relationship between gait and falls as well as obstacle negotiation strategies. We used a shoe-worn inertial sensor on each foot and previously validated algorithms to extract the gait parameters during 20 m walking trials in a corridor at a self-selected pace. We investigated the difference of the gait parameters between male and female participants by considering the effect of age and height factors. Besides; we examined the inter-relation of the clearance parameters with the gait speed. The sample size and breadth of gait parameters provided in this study offer a unique reference resource for the researchers.

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research article
DOI
10.3390/s140100443
Web of Science ID

WOS:000336039100024

Author(s)
Dadashi, Farzin  
Mariani, Benoît  
Rochat, Stephane
Büla, Christophe
Santos-Eggimann, Brigitte
Aminian, Kamiar  
Date Issued

2014

Publisher

Mdpi Ag

Published in
Sensors
Volume

14

Issue

1

Start page

443

End page

457

Subjects

gait

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elderly

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foot clearance

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ambulatory system

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sensor fusion

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reference data

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http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/14/1/443
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REVIEWED

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