The overview of automatically supported gait analysis methods for medical diagnoses and rehabilitation

Abstract

In this paper we present a review of gait analysis methods used for medical applications. First of all, we introduce a system of real-time gait acquisition. Next, three ways of gait data representation: trajectories, Euler angles and medical angles are described along with the most promising methods of gait analysis based on those representations like gait indices, Dynamic Time Warping, manifold methods and a ranking of most significant joints for different disease units. We present also some results of the aforementioned methods, summarize our research and discuss future plans.