4.6 Article

Classification of Standing and Walking States Using Ground Reaction Forces

Journal

SENSORS
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s21062145

Keywords

gait analysis; wearable devices; insole; force sensing resistors; ground reaction force; center of pressure; waveform length; m-health; activities of daily living

Funding

  1. Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Institutional Program [2E2968, 2E30090, 2E31110]
  2. National Research Foundation of Korea [2E31110] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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A technique was developed in the study to measure the ground reaction force using an insole device equipped with force sensing resistors, which accurately detects whether the wearer is standing or walking. This technique can significantly reduce classification errors and enable real-time classification of standing and walking states, making it suitable for wearable robot operations and remote monitoring of daily living activities.
The operation of wearable robots, such as gait rehabilitation robots, requires real-time classification of the standing or walking state of the wearer. This report explains a technique that measures the ground reaction force (GRF) using an insole device equipped with force sensing resistors, and detects whether the insole wearer is standing or walking based on the measured results. The technique developed in the present study uses the waveform length that represents the sum of the changes in the center of pressure within an arbitrary time window as the determining factor, and applies this factor to a conventional threshold method and an artificial neural network (ANN) model for classification of the standing and walking states. The results showed that applying the newly developed technique could significantly reduce classification errors due to shuffling movements of the patient, typically noticed in the conventional threshold method using GRF, i.e., real-time classification of the standing and walking states is possible in the ANN model. The insole device used in the present study can be applied not only to gait analysis systems used in wearable robot operations, but also as a device for remotely monitoring the activities of daily living of the wearer.

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