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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-9
pubmed:abstractText
Recently, two methods for quantifying the stability of a dynamical system have been applied to human locomotion: local stability (quantified by finite time maximum Lyapunov exponents, lambda(s) and lambda(L)) and orbital stability (quantified by maximum Floquet multipliers, MaxFm). In most studies published to date, data from optoelectronic measurement systems were used to calculate these measures. However, using wireless inertial sensors may be more practical as they are easier to use, also in ambulatory applications. While inertial sensors have been employed in some studies, it is unknown whether they lead to similar stability estimates as obtained with optoelectronic measurement systems. In the present study, we compared stability measures of human walking estimated from an optoelectronic measurement system with those calculated from an inertial sensor measurement system. Subjects walked on a treadmill at three different speeds while kinematics were recorded using both measurement systems. From the angular velocities and linear accelerations, lambda(s), lambda(L), and MaxFm were calculated. Both measurement systems showed the same effects of walking speed for all variables. Estimates from both measurement systems correlated high for lambda(s) and lambda(L,) (R > 0.85) but less strongly for MaxFm (R = 0.66). These results indicate that inertial sensors constitute a valid alternative for an optoelectronic measurement system when assessing dynamic stability in human locomotion, and may thus be used instead, which paves the way to studying gait stability during natural, everyday walking.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1521-6047
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2588-93
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Estimating dynamic gait stability using data from non-aligned inertial sensors.
pubmed:affiliation
Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 9, NL-1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't