Measuring Upper-Extremity Use with One IMU

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Abstract

Discharge home from hospital can be a critical stage in the rehabilitation of patients with central neurological disorders such as stroke. The new skills and early recovery achieved in the hospital may be difficult to transfer to the home environment. This work addresses the monitoring of arm usage and proposed a new metric called Weighted Activity Counts (WAC) based on a sensing system that consists of only one inertial measurement unit (IMU). The proposed metric combines activity counts and the smoothness of the movement. This work defines Normalized Gross Energy Expenditure (NGEC) as the reference metric. WAC shows good performance under the validation protocol we designed (correlation coefficient r > 0:90). The optimal placement for the single sensor which can sufficiently and reliably describe arm usage is also explored in this work.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBIOSIGNALS 2019 - 12th International Conference on Bio-Inspired Systems and Signal Processing, Proceedings; Part of 12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, BIOSTEC 2019
PublisherSCITEPRESS
Pages93-100
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9789897583537
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Feb 2019
Event12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies 2019 - Vienna House Diplomat Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 22 Feb 201924 Feb 2019
Conference number: 12
http://www.biostec.org/

Conference

Conference12th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies 2019
Abbreviated titleBIOSTEC 2019
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period22/02/1924/02/19
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