LeMoyne Robert, Mastroianni Timothy, Grundfest Warren
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2011;2011:7904-7. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091949.
The capability to quantify gait characteristics through a wireless accelerometer iPod application in an effectively autonomous environment may alleviate the progressive strain on highly specific medical resources. The iPod consists of the inherent attributes imperative for robust gait quantification, such as a three dimensional accelerometer, data storage, flexible software, and the capacity for wireless transmission of the gait data through email. Based on the synthesis of the integral components of the iPod, a wireless accelerometer iPod application for quantifying gait characteristics has been tested and evaluated in an essentially autonomous environment. The quantified gait acceleration waveforms were wirelessly transmitted using email for postprocessing. The site for the gait experiment occurred in a remote location relative to the location where the postprocessing was conducted. The wireless accelerometer iPod application for quantifying gait characteristics demonstrated sufficient accuracy and consistency.
通过无线加速度计iPod应用程序在有效自主的环境中量化步态特征的能力，可能会减轻高度专业化医疗资源所承受的渐进性压力。iPod具备进行稳健步态量化所需的固有属性，例如三维加速度计、数据存储、灵活的软件，以及通过电子邮件无线传输步态数据的能力。基于iPod各组成部分的综合特性，一款用于量化步态特征的无线加速度计iPod应用程序已在基本自主的环境中进行了测试和评估。量化后的步态加速度波形通过电子邮件进行无线传输以便进行后处理。步态实验的地点相对于进行后处理的地点较为偏远。这款用于量化步态特征的无线加速度计iPod应用程序显示出了足够的准确性和一致性。
