Innovative multidimensional gait evaluation using IMU in multiple sclerosis: introducing the semiogram.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quantifying gait using inertial measurement units has gained increasing interest in recent years. Highly degraded gaits, especially in neurological impaired patients, challenge gait detection algorithms and require specific segmentation and analysis tools. Thus, the outcomes of these devices must be rigorously tested for both robustness and relevancy in order to recommend their routine use. In this study, we propose a multidimensional score to quantify and visualize gait, which can be used in neurological routine follow-up. We assessed the reliability and clinical coherence of this method in a group of severely disabled patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (pMS), who display highly degraded gait patterns, as well as in an age-matched healthy subjects (HS) group.<

SUBMITTER: Voisard C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10540441 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature