Identifying gait asymmetry using gyroscopes—A cross-correlation and Normalized Symmetry Index approach

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• 作者：Darwin Gouwanda^a ; ^{darwin_gouwanda@ieee.org} ; S.M.N. Arosha Senanayake ; ^a ; ^{senanayake.namal@eng.monash.edu.my}
• 关键词：Wireless gyroscope ; Gait symmetry ; Symmetry Index ; Cross-correlation
• 刊名：Journal of Biomechanics
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：15 March 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：44
• 期：5
• 页码：972-978
• 全文大小：1117 K

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Injury to a lower limb may disrupt natural walking and cause asymmetrical gait, therefore assessing the gait asymmetry has become one of the important procedures in gait analysis. This paper proposes the use of wireless gyroscopes as a new instrument to determine gait asymmetry. It also introduces two novel approaches: normalized cross-correlations (Cc_norm) and Normalized Symmetry Index (SI_norm). Cc_norm evaluates the waveform patterns generated by the lower limb in each gait cycle. SI_norm provides indications on the timing and magnitude of the bilateral differences between the limbs while addressing the drawbacks of the conventional methods. One-way ANOVA test reveals that Cc_norm can be considered as single value indicator that determines the gait asymmetry (p<0.01). The experiment results showed that SI_norm in asymmetrical gait were different from normal gait. SI_norm in asymmetrical gait were found to be approximately 20 % greater than SI_norm in normal gait during pre-swing and initial swing.