Expanding instrumented gait testing in the community setting: A portable, depth-sensing camera captures joint motion in older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Currently, it is not feasible to obtain laboratory-based measures of joint motion in large numbers of older adults. We assessed the utility of a portable depth-sensing camera for quantifying hip and knee joint motion of older adults during mobility testing in the community.

Methods

Participants were 52 older adults enrolled in the Rush Memory and Aging Project, a community-based cohort study of aging. In a subset, we compared dynamic hip and knee flexion/extension obtained via the depth-sensing camera with that obtained concurrently using a laboratory-based optoelectronic motion capture system. Then we recorded participants' annual instrumented gait assessment in the community setting with the depth-sensing camera and examined the inter-relationships of hip and kn

SUBMITTER: Dawe RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519784 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature