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Combining distance and force measurements to monitor the usage of walker assistive devices
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Resumo(s)
This paper presents a measurement system that
can be used to monitor the usage of walker assistive devices.
The forces applied on the legs of the walker device are
measured using low cost force sensing resistors and a light
detection and ranging device is used to evaluate several gait
kinematic parameters, such as, walking speed and walking
stride length. To evaluate the right usage of the walker device
two walker indexes, one related with the applied forces and
the other related with walker gait phases, are introduced. The
measurement system includes wireless communication
capabilities that enable a local and remote supervision of the
measuring data.
Descrição
Trabalho apresentado na IEEE - International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 22-25 maio de 2017, Turim, Itália
Palavras-chave
walker assistive device force measurements distance measurements kinematic parameters walker risk indexes