Validity and reliability of wearable inertial sensors in healthy adult walking: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Inertial measurement units (IMUs) offer the ability to measure walking gait through a variety of biomechanical outcomes (e.g., spatiotemporal, kinematics, other). Although many studies have assessed their validity and reliability, there remains no quantitive summary of this vast body of literature. Therefore, we aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the i) concurrent validity and ii) test-retest reliability of IMUs for measuring biomechanical gait outcomes during level walking in healthy adults. METHODS:Five electronic databases were searched for journal articles assessing the validity or reliability of IMUs during healthy adult walking. Two reviewers screened titles, abstracts, and full texts for studies to be included, before two reviewers examine

SUBMITTER: Kobsar D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7216606 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature