Assessing falls in the elderly population using G-STRIDE foot-mounted inertial sensor.

ABSTRACT: Falls are one of the main concerns in the elderly population due to their high prevalence and associated consequences. Guidelines for the management of the elder with falls are comprised of multidimensional assessments, especially gait and balance. Daily clinical practice needs for timely, effortless, and precise tools to assess gait. This work presents the clinical validation of the G-STRIDE system, a 6-axis inertial measurement unit (IMU) with onboard processing algorithms, that allows the calculation of walking-related metrics correlated with clinical markers of fall risk. A cross-sectional case-control study was conducted with 163 participants (falls and non-falls groups). All volunteers were assessed with clinical scales and conducted a 15-min walking test at a self-selected pace whil

SUBMITTER: Alvarez MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10244449 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature