Statistical gait analysis

Topic:

Gait analysis is widely used in clinics to study walking abnormalities for surgery planning, definition of therapeutic and rehabilitation protocols, and objective evaluation of clinical outcomes. Among the principal applications of clinical gait analysis in orthopedics there are: pre- and post-surgery evaluation of total-knee replacement, total hip arthroplasty, and anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. In patients suffering from neurological disorders, clinical gait analysis is a valuable tool in the quantitative assessment of their residual walking ability, to design rehabilitation interventions based on the patient’s specific needs.

Gait analysis provides objective, reliable, and repeatable measures of locomotion impairments through the acquisition and analysis of foot-switches, electrogoniometric, and electromyographic signals.

This research line is focused on the quantitative and operator-independent assessment of the walking ability in different pathological conditions.

People:

  • Marco Knaflitz (Full Professor)
  • Valentina Agostini (Associate Professor)
  • Marco Ghislieri (Assistant Professor with time contract (RTD/a))
  • Fabrizio Sciscenti (Ph.D. Student)

    • Recent publications:

  • Segmentation and classification of gait cycles
      V. Agostini, G. Balestra, M. Knaflitz
      IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
      10.1109/TNSRE.2013.2291907
  • Statistical Gait Analysis Based on Surface Electromyography
      Agostini, V., Ghislieri, M., Rosati, S., Balestra, B., Dotti, G., & Knaflitz, M.
      Medicine-Based Informatics and Engineering
      10.1007/978-3-030-87845-0_2
  • Does texting while walking really affect gait in young adults?
      V. Agostini, F. Lo Fermo, G. Massazza and M. Knaflitz
      Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
      10.1186/s12984-015-0079-4
  • Gait parameters and muscle activation patterns at 3, 6 and 12 months after total hip arthroplasty
      V. Agostini, D. Ganio, K. Facchin, L. Cane, S. M. Carneiro and M. Knaflitz
      The Journal of Arthroplasty
      10.1016/j.arth.2013.12.018
  • Foot–Floor Contact Sequences: A Metric for Gait Assessment in Parkinson’s Disease after Deep Brain Stimulation
      Marco Ghislieri, Valentina Agostini, Laura Rizzi, Chiara Fronda, Marco Knaflitz, Michele Lanotte
      Sensors
      10.3390/s24206593