REHAB 2014

Research Article

Unobtrusive Sensing for Gait Rehabilitation Assessment

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255364,
        author={Octavian Postolache and Mario Ribeiro and Pedro Silva Girao and Jose Miguel Dias Pereira and Gabriela Postolache},
        title={Unobtrusive Sensing for Gait Rehabilitation Assessment},
        proceedings={REHAB 2014},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={REHAB},
        year={2014},
        month={7},
        keywords={doppler radar array inertial measurement system gait assessment},
        doi={10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255364}
    }
    
  • Octavian Postolache
    Mario Ribeiro
    Pedro Silva Girao
    Jose Miguel Dias Pereira
    Gabriela Postolache
    Year: 2014
    Unobtrusive Sensing for Gait Rehabilitation Assessment
    REHAB
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.255364
Octavian Postolache1,*, Mario Ribeiro2, Pedro Silva Girao2, Jose Miguel Dias Pereira2, Gabriela Postolache3
  • 1: Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Instituto Universitario de Lisboa
  • 2: Instituto de Telecomunicacoes
  • 3: Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Instituto de Medicina Molecular
*Contact email: octavian.postolache@gmail.com

Abstract

A set of sensing devices that wireless transmit information on gait rehabilitation are presented. Aiming an objective evaluation of patient progress during the physiotherapy sessions we implemented a set of sensing devices that are wearable such as smart inertial measurement unit (IMU) or are embedded in walking aids such as microwave Doppler Radar array. The data delivered by the smart sensing units designed for gait rehabilitation purpose are wireless transmitted to an advanced processing server that provides synthetic information to the physiotherapist that use a mobile device to access the available services. Elements of implementation of IMU sensor network and smart walker design for gait assessment, and the experimental results are included in the paper.