Assessment of Inertial Measurement Units for Estimating Kinematic Data in Gait Analysis

Hassan, Mohamed; Barakat, Basel; Ibrahim, Mona Mohamed; Kamel, Ahmed M. and Abukeshek, Mays. 2024. 'Assessment of Inertial Measurement Units for Estimating Kinematic Data in Gait Analysis'. In: 2024 29th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). Sunderland, United Kingdom 28 - 30 August 2024. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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Accurate measurement of human joint angles during gait is crucial for understanding movement biomechanics and assessing musculoskeletal conditions. Inertial measurement units (IMUs) have become popular for capturing joint kinematics due to their portability, affordability, and ease of use. In this paper, a system with four IMU sensors was designed and tested to compare joint angles obtained from IMUs with those from a 3D motion capture system. The experiments showed that an excellent correlation (r = 0.9) in hip and knee joint angles, outperforming the state-of-the-art systems.

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Keywords	Gait Analysis; Inertial Measurement Unit; Accelerometer; Gyroscope; Validation against Optical Capture System
Departments, Centres and Research Units	Computing
Date Deposited	31 Jan 2025 11:03
Last Modified	31 Jan 2025 11:12