Development of a Gait Diagnosis Supporting System using Korean Normal Gait Data

한국 성인의 정상 보행데이터를 이용한 보행진단 지원 시스템의 개발

  • Kim, Dongjin (Mobile Communication Company, LG Electronics) ;
  • Ryu, Taebeum (Department of Industrial and Management Engineering, Hanbat National University) ;
  • Kwon, Seman (Department of Electronics and Information, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Choi, Hwa Soon (University-Industry Cooperation Institute, POSTECH) ;
  • Chung, Min K. (Department of industrial and Management Engineering, POSTECH)
  • 김동진 (LG전자 MC 사업본부) ;
  • 유태범 (한밭대학교 산업경영공학과) ;
  • 권세만 (경희대학교 전자정보학부) ;
  • 최화순 (포항공과대학교 산학협력연구소) ;
  • 정민근 (포항공과대학교 산업경영공학과)
  • Published : 2007.12.31

Abstract

A gait diagnosis supporting system is necessary to evaluate the characteristics of abnormal gait of a patient in a systematic and efficient manner. The present study developed a gait diagnosis supporting system which compares abnormal gait of a patient with a reference gait data and presents abnormal gait characteristics in an organized form. Three types of diagnosis modules were developed for the spatio-temporal, kinematic and kinetic gait parameters, and a gait data for Korean normal adults was used for the reference data of the system. The system was applied to evaluate the gait pattern of three arthritis patients and the abnormal gait characteristics of them could be easily identified with a systematic and graphical presentation.

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