Trainer in a pocket - proof-of-concept of mobile, real-time, foot kinematics feedback for gait pattern normalization in individuals after stroke, incomplete spinal cord injury and elderly patients

This study explores the feasibility of using a mobile, shoe-mounted sensor system to provide real-time feedback to individuals with walking difficulties. The system gives verbal instructions to help users adjust their gait, focusing on parameters like stride length and foot angle. The goal is to see if this technology can help people with incomplete spinal cord injury, stroke, and elderly individuals walk more normally.

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  Mobile, real-time, verbalized feedback is feasible and results in a normalization of the feedback gait parameter.
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  The average level at iGA significantly decreased over the visits in all groups (Friedman’s test, p < 0.0001), with the biggest decrease between the first and second training visit
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  Users rated the system’s usability and its therapeutic effect as positive.