A factorial experiment to investigate naturalistic factors affecting smartphone gait analysis

• Published in: 2015 17th International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (HealthCom) pp. 451 - 454
• Main Authors: Arnold, Zachary, LaRose, Danielle, Agu, Emmanuel
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Accelerometers; factorial experiment; Feature extraction; Footwear; Frequency-domain analysis; gait analysis; Legged locomotion; Mathematical model; naturalistic factors; smartphone; Time-domain analysis

Gait analysis involves analyzing data from body-mounted sensors in order to detect various ailments or aging. Prior work has utilized the accelerometers on Smartphones to collect gait data but required subjects to firmly attach the phones to their torsos, hip or other body parts. In real life, subje...