Gait Analysis: Head Vertical Movement Leads to Lower Limb Joint Angle Movements

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (electronic)9781665441544
ISBN (print)9781665441551
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2022 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: 7 Jan 20229 Jan 2022

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NameDigest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics
Volume2022-January
ISSN (Print)0747-668X

Abstract

Supported by the increasing number of head-worn devices, such as earbuds and smart glasses, research on gait analysis using head-worn sensors has been emerged. These head-worn sensor solutions can be used to analyze natural gait patterns in daily life at lower costs. However, these approaches are limited to spatial-temporal gait parameters, and it is so far impossible to measure joint angle movements of the lower body because angles are normally measured by at least two sensors. To overcome the limitation, it is necessary to scrutinize the relationship between the head and lower body joints. In this paper, therefore, the causality between head vertical movement and lower limb joint movements was estimated using a transfer entropy analysis during walking. In total, 12 participants' gait patterns were analyzed. Strikingly, the transfer entropy direction from the head movements to the joint angle movements was more dominant than vice versa, which was the most obvious between the head and hip. This finding can lay the groundwork for simple secondary measurement of lower limb joint problems with the simple use of head-worn sensors.

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    gait analysis, head-worn sensors, health monitoring system, inertial measurement unit, wearable sensors

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Gait Analysis: Head Vertical Movement Leads to Lower Limb Joint Angle Movements. / Hwang, Tonghun; Effenberg, Alfred.
2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics; Vol. 2022-January).

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Hwang, T & Effenberg, A 2022, Gait Analysis: Head Vertical Movement Leads to Lower Limb Joint Angle Movements. in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2022. Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, vol. 2022-January, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2022, Virtual, Online, United States, 7 Jan 2022. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE53296.2022.9730350
Hwang, T., & Effenberg, A. (2022). Gait Analysis: Head Vertical Movement Leads to Lower Limb Joint Angle Movements. In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2022 (Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics; Vol. 2022-January). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCE53296.2022.9730350
Hwang T, Effenberg A. Gait Analysis: Head Vertical Movement Leads to Lower Limb Joint Angle Movements. In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. (Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics). doi: 10.1109/ICCE53296.2022.9730350
Hwang, Tonghun ; Effenberg, Alfred. / Gait Analysis : Head Vertical Movement Leads to Lower Limb Joint Angle Movements. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics, ICCE 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. (Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics).
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