1. Neurological diseases differentiation analysis using inertial measurement units
- Author
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Rasa Kizlaitiene, Donatas Lukšys, Ramune Buneviciute, Ruta Kaladyte Lokominiene, Dalius Jatuzis, Gintaras Kaubrys, Julius Griškevičius, and Gyte Pakulaite
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Multiple sclerosis ,Significant difference ,STRIDE ,medicine.disease ,Gait ,Physical medicine and rehabilitation ,Gait analysis ,medicine ,Cyclic process ,business ,human activities ,Stance time ,Hip flexion ,Biomedical engineering - Abstract
Human gait is cyclic process, which is affected by various neurological disorders like Parkinson's disease (PD) or multiple sclerosis (MS). Instrumented gait analysis facilitate monitoring and diagnosing motor deficiencies; it may serve as a tool for clinicians evaluating the patients. This study aims at finding biomechanical parameters that allow separating pathological gaits via application of inertial sensors to capture the gait. The experiment involved 33 subjects divided in three groups PD, MS and healthy controls (CO). The analysis showed the statistically significant difference between stride time of the right leg in MS and CO groups, left stride time between PD and CO, stance time difference between PD and CO group, right and left leg. Hip flexion and extensions amplitudes difference was between CO and PD group, left hip flexion and extension.
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- 2016