ABSTRACT
The paper explores the possibility of using low-cost motion capture technologies to automatically evaluate patient’s condition concerning his/her walking condition. Two different technologies, optical markerless and inertial, are used to track the gait to be adopted in a doctor’s office or at patient’s home. The data acquired are elaborated using commercial and in-house developed tools with the aim of creating, in a near future, a simple environment for medical staff and people non highly skilled in IC technology. The paper shows the feasibility of an automatic detection of a set of gait abnormalities affecting people having a lower limb prosthesis. This constitutes a robust support for orthopedic technicians work and foresees the use of such technology for larger surveys and early detection of gait deviations.
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Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledges support from the HUMAN-TRACK Project, within the ITALY® initiative, for partially funding the research. The authors would like to thank Federico Massa and Claudio Comotti for their technical contribution to the work.
ORCID
Daniele Regazzoni http://orcid.org/[0000-0001-5533-7047]
Caterina Rizzi http://orcid.org/[0000-0002-1779-5183]