Online Gait Detection with an Automatic Mobile Trainer Inspired by Neuro-Developmental Treatment

• Published in: Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 20; no. 12; p. 3389
• Main Authors: Wang, Fu-Cheng, Li, You-Chi, Wu, Kai-Lin, Chen, Po-Yin, Fu, Li-Chen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 15.06.2020; MDPI
• Subjects: Fitness equipment; Gait; Gait Analysis - instrumentation; gait detection; Gait Disorders, Neurologic - diagnosis; gait training; Humans; IMU; Intervention; Kinematics; Male; Middle Aged; motor control; NDT; Patients; Performance evaluation; Rehabilitation; stroke; Stroke - physiopathology; Stroke Rehabilitation; Therapists; Training; Velocity; Walking; United States > US; IMU; gait training; motor control; stroke; NDT; gait detection

This paper demonstrates the development of an automatic mobile trainer employing inertial movement units (IMUs). The device is inspired by Neuro-Developmental Treatment (NDT), which is an effective rehabilitation method for stroke patients that promotes the relearning of motor skills by repeated tra...