Estimating Ground Reaction Forces from Gait Kinematics in Cerebral Palsy: A Convolutional Neural Network Approach.

Journal: Annals of biomedical engineering
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Abstract

PURPOSE: While gait analysis is essential for assessing neuromotor disorders like cerebral palsy (CP), capturing accurate ground reaction force (GRF) measurements during natural walking presents challenges, particularly due to variations in gait patterns. Previous studies have explored GRF prediction using machine learning, but specific focus on patients with CP is lacking. This research aims to address this gap by predicting GRF using joint angles derived from marker data during gait in patients with CP, thereby suggesting a protocol for gait analysis without the need for force plates.

Authors

  • Mustafa Erkam Özateş
    Fraunhofer IPA, Nobelstrasse 12, Stuttgart, Germany.
  • Firooz Salami
    Clinic for Orthopedics, Heidelberg University Hospital, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, 69118, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Sebastian Immanuel Wolf
    Clinic for Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Yunus Ziya Arslan
    Department of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering, Turkish-German University, Istanbul, Turkey. yunus.arslan@tau.edu.tr.