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< Vol. 10 Issue 1 | Jan-Apr 2012 | pp. 1 - 66

Quantitative analysis of upper limbs during gait: a marker set protocol

Abstract

Purpose: to develop a marker set for simultaneously assessing upper and lower limb biomechanics during gait.Methods: 24 healthy young subjects (mean age: 23.80 years) were assessed quantitatively using an optoelectronic system, two force platform and a video system. Passive markers were positioned according to the proposed marker set which enables acquiring the upper and lower limb movement simultaneously during Gait Analysis. In addition to the traditional parameters obtained from Gait Analysis, the shoulder and elbow angles were computed from markers coordinates of upper limbs; then, some significant parameters were identified and calculated. From shoulder and elbow position, angles, angular velocities, angular acceleration, moments, and powers were calculated for shoulder and elbow joints. Results: Kinematic and kinetic data were obtained in the three planes (sagittal, frontal, and transversal) for the shoulder and in the sagittal plane for the elbow. Normative ranges were obtained for these parameters from data of healthy participants. Conclusions: The proposed experimental set-up enables simultaneous assessment of upper and lower limb movement during gait. Thus, no further trials are required in addition to those acquired during standard gait analysis in order to assess upper limb motion, which also makes the experimental set-up feasible for clinical applications.

J Appl Biomater Funct Mater 2012; 10(1): 49 - 55

Article Type: ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLE

DOI:10.5301/JABFM.2012.9277

Authors

Veronica Cimolin, Manuela Galli, Giorgio Albertini, Marcello Crivellini, Jacqueline Romkes, Reinald Brunner

Article History

  • • Accepted on 19/12/2011
  • • Accepted on 19/12/2011
  • • Available online on 15/02/2012
  • • Available online on 25/06/2012
  • • Published online on 26/06/2012

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Authors

  • Cimolin, Veronica [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
    Bioengineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan - Italy
  • Galli, Manuela [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
    Bioengineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan - Italy; IRCCS “San Raffaele Pisana” - Tosinvest Sanità, Rome - Italy
  • Albertini, Giorgio [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
    IRCCS “San Raffaele Pisana” - Tosinvest Sanità, Rome - Italy
  • Crivellini, Marcello [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
    Bioengineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan - Italy
  • Romkes, Jacqueline [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
    Children’s University Hospital Basel (UKBB), Basel - Switzerland
  • Brunner, Reinald [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
    Children’s University Hospital Basel (UKBB), Basel - Switzerland

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