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Gait, Balance, and Mobility Analysis
Theoretical, Technical, and Clinical Applications
- 1st Edition - November 26, 2024
- Editors: Samuel Stuart, Rosie Morris
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 4 8 4 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 4 8 3 - 7
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Request a sales quoteGait, Balance, and Mobility Analysis: Theoretical, Technical, and Clinical Applications provides a comprehensive overview of gait and movement analysis techniques, from traditional motion capture to modern wearable technologies. The book contains both a technical element that focuses on biomechanics and engineering concepts for gait analysis and the application of gait analysis with clinical populations. Beginning with a comprehensive background on the underlying neural control of gait and mobility in humans and physiological control of balance, the book then covers analysis methods and techniques for laboratory, clinic or remote patient assessment.
It then examines how gait, mobility and balance are impacted by musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardio-respiratory conditions. Lastly, it discusses future directions and provides recommendations for future studies. Combining the expertise of engineers and clinicians, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach to show how and why gait, balance and mobility can be used to tackle important clinical questions for various conditions.
- Presents the theory, methodologies/technical aspects, and applications of gait, balance and mobility assessment for laboratory, clinical, and remote patient assessment
- Assists engineers and clinicians to design and adopt real-world solutions for gait, balance, and mobility assessment, with a better understanding of the theory to drive novel and robust clinical solutions
- Includes pseudocode and workflow diagrams to help convey the journey of engineering theory to real-world application
Biomedical engineers, researchers, faculty, and graduate students, Clinicians in medicine, physical therapy, rehabilitation, and kinesiology
- Title of Book
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- List of contributors
- About the editors
- Preface
- Section 1: Background/theory
- Chapter 1. Underlying control of gait and mobility
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Aim 1. Characterising gait behaviour as a framework to understand gait control
- Aim 2. Using neuroimaging to understand gait control
- Aim 2a. An overview of imaging modalities used to study gait control
- Aim 2b. Describing the relationship of neural substrates with gait characteristics
- Aim 2c. Techniques that quantify neural activity during walking
- Aim 3. Complimenting neuroimaging with insights from neurotransmitter systems in the brain
- Aim 4. The role of vision in understanding gait control
- Future research
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Competing interests
- References
- Chapter 2. Underlying control of balance
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Underlying systems of balance control
- Neural mechanisms for balance control
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 3. Motor control development and decline
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Infancy
- Early childhood
- Middle childhood
- Adolescence
- Adulthood
- Neurodiverse populations
- Clinical application
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 4. A breakdown of the gait cycle: biomechanics basics
- Abstract
- Gait cycle
- Metrics for gait
- Clinical gait analysis
- Running mechanics
- Laboratory gait analysis
- Free-living conditions
- References
- Chapter 5. Biomechanics of balance
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Biomechanics constraints and balance during standing
- Biomechanics of anticipatory postural adjustments
- Biomechanics of reactive postural adjustments
- Parkinson’s disease and biomechanics of balance
- Final considerations
- References
- Section 2: Methods/technical application
- Chapter 6. A history of gait and mobility analysis methods and techniques
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Etymology of important terms
- Early observations of gait and mobility
- Development and advancements in gait and mobility analysis
- Weber brothers – Wilhelm Weber (1804–91) and Eduard Weber (1806–71)
- Christian Baune (1831–92) and Otto Fischer (1861–1917)
- Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904)
- Gaston Carlet (1849–92)
- Guillaume Duchenne (1861–1917)
- Friedrich Trendelenberg (1844–1924)
- Russel Plato Schwartz (1892–1965)
- Emergence of modern gait analysis
- Verne T. Inman (1905–80)
- Jacquelin Perry (1918–2013)
- David H. Sutherland (1923–2006)
- Special mention: questionnaires and scales
- Historical and current applications of gait and mobility analysis
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7. A history of balance analysis methods and techniques
- Abstract
- A history of balance analysis methods and techniques
- First quantitative approaches to instrumental balance assessment
- The gold standard laboratory measurement in posturography: the force platforms
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8. An overview of clinical gait, balance, and mobility assessments
- Abstract
- Introduction: the importance of physical function
- Traditional clinical approaches for assessing gait
- Traditional clinical assessment for balance
- Assessment of physical function ‘in the wild’: the role of wearable technology
- Digital innovations in gait, balance, and mobility assessment
- Discussion and future directions
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 9. Modern video-based gait and balance analysis
- Abstract
- Modern video-based gait and balance analysis
- What is pose estimation?
- Single-camera approaches
- Multicamera approaches
- Available open-source algorithms, software, and models
- Commercial markerless motion capture systems for human biomechanics
- Pose estimation for gait and balance analysis
- Practical considerations
- Common issues and barriers
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10. Wearable sensors for gait, balance, and mobility
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Traditional methods of balance, gait, and mobility assessment
- Insole pressure sensors wearables
- Inertial measurement unit wearables
- Surface electromyography
- Conclusions
- Recommendations
- References
- Chapter 11. Algorithms for gait: technical and clinical validity
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Defining the concept of interest, setting out a robust protocol for the technical validation of wearable devices and algorithms for gait analysis, verifying and characterizing the measurement tools
- A framework for assessing the technical validity of algorithms and recommendations for extracting robust and reliable digital gait outcomes
- A framework for determining the clinical validity and utility of digital gait outcomes
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Funding
- Acknowledgements
- Competing interests
- References
- Section 3: Clinical application
- Chapter 12. Mobility, gait, and balance assessment in musculoskeletal conditions and its management
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Conservative management of knee osteoarthritis
- Gait
- Balance
- Clinical measures
- Digital technology for assessment and rehabilitation
- References
- Chapter 13. Gait and mobility assessment in neurological conditions
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Methods
- Neurodegenerative disease
- Neurological injury
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 14. Gait and mobility assessment in cardio-respiratory conditions
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Gait and mobility differences between patients with cardio-respiratory conditions and healthy individuals
- Impact of clinically relevant outcomes on gait and mobility parameters
- Physical activity outcomes
- Gait characteristics
- Prognostic value of gait and mobility parameters
- Physical activity outcomes
- Gait characteristics
- Sensitivity of gait and mobility parameters to assess postinterventional change
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 15. Balance assessment in neurological conditions
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Neurodegenerative disease
- Neurological injury
- Discussion
- References
- Chapter 16. Balance assessment in cardio-respiratory conditions
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Why is balance important in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
- Why is balance worse in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
- How can balance in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease be assessed in different settings?
- What interventions have the potential to improve balance and reduce falls in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
- Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 17. Future directions in clinical application of gait, balance and mobility analysis
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Causes of gait, balance and mobility deficits
- Technologies applicable for gait, balance or mobility assessment in clinical practice
- A data-driven approach to clinical assessment
- A comprehensive and portable laboratory for clinical application and beyond
- Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 526
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 26, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443214844
- eBook ISBN: 9780443214837
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Samuel Stuart
Samuel Stuart is an academic Associate Professor, a clinical physiotherapist and currently an Associate Director within the pharmaceutical industry where he leads a digital biomarker laboratory, which is a multidisciplinary group of engineers and clinicians. His work focuses on the development of novel digital clinical assessment and rehabilitation tools for clinical trials and healthcare settings, which include the application of technologies to examine gait, balance and mobility in clinical populations. He has published extensively in world leading journals focusing on a broad range of activities, such as real-world data analytics, algorithms development for wearable devices. He is also an Associate Editor at PLoS One and Frontiers of Neurology, and is on the editorial board for Gait & Posture, Sensors and Frontiers in Rehabilitation. He has guest edited several special issues for these journals, as well as for Physiological Measurement and Journal of Neuro-Engineering and Rehabilitation. Dr. Stuart has also been an Editor for several previous textbooks on Digital Health and Eye-tracking.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Director, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Visiting Associate Professor, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UKRM
Rosie Morris
Rosie Morris is an Assistant Professor, a physiotherapist and currently the Director of the Physiotherapy innovation Laboratory (www.pi-lab.co.uk) at Northumbria University, which is a multi-disciplinary lab of clinicians, scientists, engineers and data scientists. Her work focuses on the role that cognition plays in gait, balance and mobility impairment in clinical populations, particularly neurological diseases. Work includes UK and US projects across multiple sites to examine mobility function in clinical and home-based settings in a variety of large clinical cohorts. Dr. Morris has published extensively within world-class international journals in her field, which has led her to be an Associate Editor and Guest Editor for several journals, such as Frontiers of Neurology and Sensors.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UKRead Gait, Balance, and Mobility Analysis on ScienceDirect