Role of body-worn movement monitor technology for balance and gait rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT: This perspective article will discuss the potential role of body-worn movement monitors for balance and gait assessment and treatment in rehabilitation. Recent advances in inexpensive, wireless sensor technology and smart devices are resulting in an explosion of miniature, portable sensors that can quickly and accurately quantify body motion. Practical and useful movement monitoring systems are now becoming available. It is critical that therapists understand the potential advantages and limitations of such emerging technology. One important advantage of obtaining objective measures of balance and gait from body-worn sensors is impairment-level metrics characterizing how and why functional performance of balance and gait activities are impaired. Therapy can then be focused on the specific

SUBMITTER: Horak F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4348720 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature