A Brief Review on the Sensor Measurement Solutions for the Ten-Meter Walk Test

Computers

Eurico Lopes¹  Vasco Ponciano¹  Eftim Zdravevski²  MaríaVanessa Villasana³  IvanMiguel Pires⁴  NunoM. Garcia⁴ 

[1] Computer Department, Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, 6000-767 Castelo Branco, Portugal;Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, University Ss Cyril and Methodius, 1000 Skopje, North Macedonia;Hospital Center of Baixo Vouga, 3810-164 Aveiro, Portugal;Instituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-001 Covilhã, Portugal;

关键词: ten-meter walk test;    measurement;    inertial sensors;    physiotherapy;    review;   

DOI  :  10.3390/computers10040049

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The wide-spread use of wearables and the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm provide an opportunity to use mobile-device sensors for medical applications. Sensors available in the commonly used devices may inspire innovative solutions for physiotherapy striving for accurate and early identification of various pathologies. An essential and reliable performance measure is the ten-meter walk test, which is employed to determine functional mobility, gait, and vestibular function. Sensor-based approaches can identify the various test phases and their segmented duration, among other parameters. The measurement parameter primarily used is related to the tests’ duration, and after identifying patterns, a variety of physical treatments can be recommended. This paper reviews multiple studies focusing on automated measurements of the ten-meter walk test with different sensors. Most of the analyzed studies measure similar parameters as traditional methods, such as velocity, duration, and other involuntary and dangerous patients’ movements after stroke. That provides an opportunity to measure different parameters that can be later fed into machine learning models for analyzing more complex patterns.

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