Quantitative characterization of walking on sand inecological conditions: Speed, temporal segmentation, and variability.

Background: Walking on compliant surfaces, on sand in particular, is now recommended for training in both elderlies and injured subjects/individuals, allowing to perform high intensity exercises (i.e. augmented energy expenditure) in safe conditions (i.

Timing estimation for gait in water from inertial sensor measurements: Analysis of the performance of 17 algorithms.

Background And Objectives: Walking in water is used for rehabilitation in different pathological conditions. For the characterization of gait alterations related to pathology, gait timing assessment is of primary importance. With the widespread use of inertial sensors, several algorithms have been proposed for gait timing estimation (i.

Analysis of the performance of 17 algorithms from a systematic review: Influence of sensor position, analysed variable and computational approach in gait timing estimation from IMU measurements.

Background: The quantification of gait temporal parameters (i.e. step time, stance time) is crucial in human motion analysis and requires the accurate identification of gait events (i.

Nonlinear Analysis of Human Movement Dynamics Offers New Insights in the Development of Motor Control During Childhood.

When aiming at assessing motor control development, natural walking (NW), and tandem walking (TW) are two locomotor tasks that allow analyzing different characteristics of motor control performance. NW is the reference locomotor task, expected to become more and more automatic with age. TW is a nonparadigmatic task used in clinics to highlight eventual impairments and to evaluate how a child deals with a new challenging motor experience.