Título:	Symmetry analysis of amputee gait based on body center of mass trajectory and discrete fourier transform
Autor(es):	Ochoa Diaz, Claudia Patricia Bó, Antônio Padilha Lanari
Assunto:	Amputados Marcha humana Cinemática Fourier, Análise de
Data de publicação:	23-Abr-2020
Editora:	MDPI
Referência:	OCHOA-DIAZ, Claudia; BÓ, Antônio Padilha L. Symmetry analysis of amputee gait based on body center of mass trajectory and discrete fourier transform. Sensors, v. 20, n.8, 2392, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s20082392. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/8/2392. Acesso em: 08 maio 2020.
Abstract:	The calculation of symmetry in amputee gait is a valuable tool to assess the functional aspects of lower limb prostheses and how it impacts the overall gait mechanics. This paper analyzes the vertical trajectory of the body center of mass (CoM) of a group formed by transfemoral amputees and non-amputees to quantitatively compare the symmetry level of this parameter for both cases. A decomposition of the vertical CoM into discrete Fourier series (DFS) components is performed for each subject’s CoM trajectory to identify the main components of each pattern. A DFS-based index is then calculated to quantify the CoM symmetry level. The obtained results show that the CoM displays different patterns along a gait cycle for each amputee, which differ from the sine-wave shape obtained in the non-amputee case. The CoM magnitude spectrum also reveals more coefficients for the amputee waveforms. The different CoM trajectories found in the studied subjects can be thought as the manifestation of developed compensatory mechanisms, which lead to gait asymmetries. The presence of odd components in the magnitude spectrum is related to the asymmetric behavior of the CoM trajectory, given the fact that this signal is an even function for a non-amputee gait. The DFS-based index reflects this fact due to the high value obtained for the non-amputee reference, in comparison to the low values for each amputee.
Licença:	© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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