Gait analysis for Alzheimer's disease therapies using Kinect™: A preliminary report

M. Hanif Nadhif, Andika P. Hadiputra, Nindya Aprilia Alief, Yudan Whulanza, Sugeng Supriadi

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Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. The symptoms include cognitive impairment and gait disturbances. Gait analysis reports showed that people with AD have slower gait speed, shorter step lengths, and lower step frequency. It was suggested that gait analyses may be important for therapies and diagnosis. However, recent gait analysis reports still involved floor sensors and wearable sensors, which may not be convenient for elderly patients. In this report, we proposed the use of Kinect™ device: a machine vision gait analysis approach. This device has been used for rehabilitation purposes in elderly care and stroke rehabilitation. Furthermore, it has been used in neurodegenerative disease studies. In this report, we would like to extract the gait components of a person based on the Kinect™ 25-joint system. It started with two subjects walking down a measurement aisle 5 times. The recorded videos of the 2 subjects were subsequently interpreted into the position of joints over time following the Cartesian coordinate. Next, we extracted the gait components manually from the joints involved in determining gait components (left foot & right foot) using a Microsoft Excel software. The result validation was done using t-tests comparing the gait components of the 2 subjects. It was shown that the results were valid, which opens an opportunity to use this device for AD therapies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication4th Biomedical Engineering''s Recent Progress in Biomaterials, Drugs Development, Health, and Medical Devices
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the International Symposium of Biomedical Engineering, ISBE 2019
EditorsKenny Lischer, Tomy Abuzairi, Siti Fauziyah Rahman, Misri Gozan
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9780735419445
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Dec 2019
Event4th International Symposium of Biomedical Engineering�s Recent Progress in Biomaterials, Drugs Development, Health, and Medical Devices, ISBE 2019 - Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia
Duration: 22 Jul 201924 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume2193
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference4th International Symposium of Biomedical Engineering�s Recent Progress in Biomaterials, Drugs Development, Health, and Medical Devices, ISBE 2019
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityPadang, West Sumatera
Period22/07/1924/07/19

Keywords

  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Gait analysis
  • Kinect TM

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