Motion Smoothness Analysis of the Gait Cycle, Segmented by Stride and Associated with the Inertial Sensors’ Locations

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 25; no. 2; p. 368
• Main Authors: Anaya-Campos, Leonardo Eliu, Sánchez-Fernández, Luis Pastor, Quiñones-Urióstegui, Ivett
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.01.2025; MDPI
• Subjects: Acceleration; Accelerometry; Adult; Algorithms; Analysis; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanics; Female; Foot - physiology; Fourier transforms; Gait; Gait - physiology; Gait Analysis - methods; gait cycle; human walking; Humans; inertial sensors’ locations; Kinematics; Male; Motion; Motion capture; motor task; Multiple sclerosis; Photogrammetry; rehabilitation; Sensors; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; smoothness analysis; Velocity; Walking - physiology; Young Adult; Mexico; smoothness analysis; rehabilitation; human walking; gait cycle; inertial sensors’ locations; motor task

Portable monitoring devices based on Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) have the potential to serve as quantitative assessments of human movement. This article proposes a new method to identify the optimal placements of the IMUs and quantify the smoothness of the gait. First, it identifies gait event...