Inertial Sensor-Based Gait and Attractor Analysis as Clinical Measurement Tool: Functionality and Sensitivity in Healthy Subjects and Patients With Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Frontiers in Physiology
S Kimberly ByrnesAnnegret Mündermann

Abstract

Objective: To determine if the attractor for acceleration gait data is similar among healthy persons defining a reference attractor; if exercise-induced changes in the attractor in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis (sLSS) are greater than in healthy persons; and if the exercise-induced changes in the attractor are affected by surgical treatment. Methods: Twenty-four healthy subjects and 19 patients with sLSS completed a 6-min walk test (6MWT) on a 30-m walkway. Gait data were collected using inertial sensors (RehaGait®;) capturing 3-dimensional foot accelerations. Attractor analysis was used to quantify changes in low-pass filtered acceleration pattern (δM) and variability (δD) and their combination as attractor-based index (δF = δM* δD) between the first and last 30 m of walking. These parameters were compared within healthy persons and patients with sLSS (preoperatively and 10 weeks and 12 months postoperatively) and between healthy persons and patients with sLSS. The variability in the attractor pattern among healthy persons was assessed as the standard deviation of the individual attractors. Results: The attractor pattern differed greatly among healthy persons. The variability in the attractor between subject...Continue Reading

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