Using Sensor Technology to Measure Gait Capacity and Gait Performance in Rehabilitation Inpatients with Neurological Disorders

This study uses wearable sensors (IMUs) to measure how well rehabilitation patients with stroke or spinal cord injury walk. It looks at both their best possible walking ability ('gait capacity') and how they actually walk during the day ('gait performance'). The goal is to see if these sensors can give useful information to improve rehabilitation.

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  IMUs can accurately measure walking ability in patients with neurological disorders.
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  Gait capacity, as measured by the sensors, is strongly related to how much patients walk during the day.
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  Patients' maximum walking speed during the day is similar to their best walking speed during testing, but their average speed is slower.