TY - GEN
T1 - Accelerometer versus footswitch evaluation of gait unsteadiness and temporal characteristics of gait in two elderly patient groups
AU - Barrett, A.
AU - O'Connor, M.
AU - Culhane, K.
AU - Finucane, A. M.
AU - Mulkerrin, E.
AU - Lyons, D.
AU - Ólaighin, G.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We examined anterior-posterior and medio-lateral head and trunk movements during gait using accelerometers, and a footswitch evaluation of temporal gait parameters of elderly fallers with a primary diagnosis of Orthostatic Hypotension, elderly fallers without Orthostatic Hypotension, and a control group of healthy elderly non-fallers. We wanted to evaluate whether both sets of measures can be used to differentiate between patient groups. We were able to significantly differentiate between the three elderly groups to the same extent using both sets of measures.
AB - We examined anterior-posterior and medio-lateral head and trunk movements during gait using accelerometers, and a footswitch evaluation of temporal gait parameters of elderly fallers with a primary diagnosis of Orthostatic Hypotension, elderly fallers without Orthostatic Hypotension, and a control group of healthy elderly non-fallers. We wanted to evaluate whether both sets of measures can be used to differentiate between patient groups. We were able to significantly differentiate between the three elderly groups to the same extent using both sets of measures.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/61849164556
U2 - 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650219
DO - 10.1109/iembs.2008.4650219
M3 - Conference Publication
C2 - 19163722
AN - SCOPUS:61849164556
SN - 9781424418152
T3 - Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"
SP - 4527
EP - 4530
BT - Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08
Y2 - 20 August 2008 through 25 August 2008
ER -