Modern functional evaluation methods for muscle strength and gait analysis
1st ed.
Author
Ancillao, Andrea
Additional Author(s)
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Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2018
Language
English
ISBN
9783319674377
Series
SpringerBriefs in applied sciences and technology
Subject(s)
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
MICROELECTRONICS
Notes
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Abstract
This book reviews in detail the history of motion analysis, including the earliest attempts to capture, freeze, study and reproduce motion. The state-of-the-art technology in use today, i.e. optoelectronic systems, is then discussed, as motion capture now plays an important role in clinical decisions regarding the diagnosis and treatment of motor pathologies from the perspective of evidence based medicine. After reviewing previous experiments, the book discusses two modern research projects, providing detailed descriptions of the methods used and the challenges that arose in the context of designing the experiments. In these projects, advanced signal processing and motion capture techniques were employed in order to design: (i) a protocol for the validation and quality assurance of clinical strength measurements; (ii) an algorithm for interpreting clinical gait analysis data; and (iii) a number of user-friendly software tools that can be used in clinical settings to process dat a and to aggregate the results into reports. In closing, a thorough discussion of the results is presented from a contextual standpoint.
