Agreement between the GAITRite^® System and the Wearable Sensor BTS G-Walk^® for measurement of gait parameters in healthy adults and Parkinson's disease patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nowadays, the most widely used types of wearable sensors in gait analysis are inertial sensors. The aim of the study was to assess the agreement between two different systems for measuring gait parameters (inertial sensor vs. electronic walkway) on healthy control subjects (HC) and patients with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods

Forty healthy volunteers (26 men, 14 women, mean age 58.7 ± 7.7 years) participated in the study and 24 PD patients (19 men, five women, mean age 62.7 ± 9.8 years). Each participant walked across an electronic walkway, GAITRite, with embedded pressure sensors at their preferred walking speed. Concurrently a G-Walk sensor was attached with a semi-elastic belt to the L5 spinal segment of the subject. Walking speed, cadence, stride duration,

SUBMITTER: Viteckova S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247524 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature