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dc.creatorJacobs, DA
dc.creatorFerris, DP
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-29T17:51:41Z
dc.date.available2021-01-29T17:51:41Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-14
dc.identifier.issn1743-0003
dc.identifier.issn1743-0003
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/5170
dc.identifier.other26467753 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/5188
dc.description.abstract© 2015 Jacobs and Ferris. Background: Wearable sensor systems can provide data for at-home gait analyses and input to controllers for rehabilitation devices but they often have reduced estimation accuracy compared to laboratory systems. The goal of this study is to evaluate a portable, low-cost system for measuring ground reaction forces and ankle joint torques in treadmill walking and calf raises. Methods: To estimate the ground reaction forces and ankle joint torques, we developed a custom instrumented insole and a tissue force sensor. Six healthy subjects completed a collection of movements (calf raises, 1.0 m/s walking, and 1.5 m/s walking) on two separate days. We trained artificial neural networks on the study data and compared the estimates to a multi-camera motion system and an instrumented treadmill. We evaluated the relative strength of each sensor by testing each sensor's ability to predict the ankle joint torque calculated from a reference inverse kinematics algorithm. We assessed model accuracy through root mean squared error and normalized root mean square error. We hypothesized that the estimation of the models would have normalized root mean square error measures less than 10 %. Results: For walking at 1.0 and walking at 1.5 m/s, the single-task, intra-day and multi-task, intra-day predictions had normalized root mean square error less than 10 % for all three force components and both center of pressure components. For the calf raise task, the single-task, intra-day and multi-task, intra-day predictions had normalized root mean square error less than 10 % for only the anterior-posterior center of pressure. The multi-task, intra-day model had similar predictions to the single-task, intra-day model. The normalized root mean square error of predictions from the insole sensor alone were less than 10 % for walking at 1.0 m/s and 1.5 m/s. No sensor was sufficient for the calf raise task. The combination of the insole sensor and the tendon sensor had lower normalized root mean square error than the individual sensors for all three tasks. Conclusions: The proposed sensor system provided accurate estimates for five of the six components of the ground reaction kinetics during walking at 1.0 and 1.5 m/s and one of the six components during the calf raise task. The normalized root mean square error of the predictions of the ground reaction forces were similar to published studies using commercial devices. The proposed system of low-cost sensors can provide useful estimations of ankle joint torque for both walking and calf raises for future studies in mobile gait analysis.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.haspartJournal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
dc.relation.isreferencedbySpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.rightsCC BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectLocomotion
dc.subjectGait
dc.subjectBiomechanical analysis
dc.subjectPlantar pressure insole
dc.subjectGround contact
dc.subjectSensor fusion
dc.titleEstimation of ground reaction forces and ankle moment with multiple, low-cost sensors
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.genreJournal Article
dc.relation.doi10.1186/s12984-015-0081-x
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dc.date.updated2021-01-29T17:51:37Z
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