Development of an Adaptive Gait Characterizer

The study of human gait remains one of the finest areas of biomechanics. Commonly available gait characterization systems provide information regarding speed, cadence and calories burnt during an exercise session. However, the gait of an individual changes continuously with every step. Thus, this work is inspired by the need to develop a system which enables real time analysis of critical spatiotemporal gait parameters while adapting to the walking pattern of the subject. The study of these parameters for a given subject enables us to perform an analysis of individualized gait pattern thereby allowing us to develop corrective measures for gait deficits. In this work we present a real-Time analysis of intra-limb temporal parameters using the proposed system that adapts to the changing walking speed.