Inertial Gait Analysis Test Drive

Overview

This test-drive explores how Inertial Gait Analysis (IGA) can help prevent falls and detect the symptoms of early stage of potential geriatric diseases to assist physicians in diagnosis.

Lead

• Shinshu University

Participant

• Toyo Corporation

Use Cases Addressed

• Elderly Sudden Fall Prevention
• Early detection of Pre-Symptomatic Geriatric Diseases

Benefits

• The immediate benefit is to prevent sudden falls for elderly people.
• The walking posture and other physical anomalies detected from a patient can be correlated with some geriatric diseases and help setup criteria for early detection of the diseases.

Industries

• Healthcare

Contacts:

• Takao Futagami
• Mizue Kayama