Testing an In-Home Gait Assessment Tool for Older Adults

Fang Wang; Erik Stone; Wenqing Dai; Tanvi Banerjee; Jarod Giger; Jean Krampe; Marilyn Rantz; Marjorie Skubic

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333897

Testing an In-Home Gait Assessment Tool for Older Adults

Fang Wang, Erik Stone, Wenqing Dai, Tanvi Banerjee, Jarod Giger, Jean Krampe, Marilyn Rantz, Marjorie Skubic

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper, we present results of an automatic vision-based gait assessment tool, using two cameras. Elderly residents from TigerPlace, a retirement community, were recruited to participate in the validation and test of the system in scripted scenarios representing everyday activities. The residents were first tested on a GAITRite mat, an electronic walkway that captures footfalls, and with inexpensive web cameras recording images. The extracted gait parameters from the camera system were compared with the GAITRite; excellent agreement was achieved. The residents then participated in the scenarios, with only the cameras recording. We found that the residents displayed different gait patterns during the realistic scenarios compared to the GAITRite runs. This finding provides support of the importance and advantage of continuous gait assessment in a daily living environment. Results on 4 elderly participants are included in the paper.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	6147-6150
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4244-3296-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333897
State	Published - Nov 13 2009
Event	31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009 - Minneapolis, MN, United States Duration: Sep 2 2009 → Sep 6 2009

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Conference	31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Minneapolis, MN
Period	9/2/09 → 9/6/09

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Biomedical Engineering
General Medicine
Cell Biology
Developmental Biology

Keywords

Legged locomotion
Senior citizens
Cameras
Monitoring
Retirement
Medical services
USA Councils
Automatic testing
Recruitment
System testing

Disciplines

Bioinformatics
Communication Technology and New Media
Databases and Information Systems
OS and Networks
Science and Technology Studies

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Wang, F, Stone, E, Dai, W, Banerjee, T, Giger, J, Krampe, J, Rantz, M & Skubic, M 2009, Testing an In-Home Gait Assessment Tool for Older Adults. in 2009 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society., 5333897, IEEE, pp. 6147-6150, 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 9/2/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333897

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